Very Computer

 find / -name target.file -print

and parse ONLY the path not the path with the file name appended.

  I know there must be a simple way of doing this, but it has me stumped at
the moment

I am using ksh on SCO UNIX.  The issue here is portability., All systems are
SCO but the output of the find can vary greatly (Directory depth various on
the systems I work on)  If I could assign this find command to a varible and
loop it to take a prescribed action with in the directory of the targetted
file, It would be the last peice to a HUGE puzzle I have been struggling
with for quiet some time!

 Thanks...

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find / -type d -print |
while read dir
do
   [[ -e $dir/target.file ]] || continue
   # Act on $dir here
done

Quote:> I am using ksh on SCO UNIX.  The issue here is portability., All systems are
> SCO but the output of the find can vary greatly (Directory depth various on
> the systems I work on)  If I could assign this find command to a varible and
> loop it to take a prescribed action with in the directory of the targetted
> file, It would be the last peice to a HUGE puzzle I have been struggling
> with for quiet some time!