Limit find results in SSH

Question

I using a line like this to search for a bunch of files:

find . -name "page.php

The results are hundreds of lines and I can't see it all. (I'm trying to just copy/paste it into excel to analyze it).

I tried this:

find . -name "index1.php | less

That did something, but I was in this screen that I couldn't figure out how to exit out of. I had to close putty and open it up again.

What is the best way to just limit the results to the viewable area so I can copy, then hit return and get the next group.

Or, is there a way to make putty not truncate the results?

Thanks in advance.

If you want a less alternative that requires you to just hit enter, that's more... but a larger scrollback buffer, or redirect to file, or learn how to use less sounds more like what you really want...

Mark Henderson · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-11 22:53:40Z

up vote 5 down vote accepted

You want to get this into Excel? Why copy and paste?

find . -name "index1.php" > out.txt

Copy out.txt to your Excel machine (SCP is the easiest way), open it up.

answered Feb 11 at 22:53

Mark Henderson
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Rename it out.csv, though, so that Excel will open it automagically. – Michael Hampton Feb 12 at 2:06

Ryan · Answer 2 · 2013-02-11 22:54:22Z

up vote 2 down vote

I think what you're looking for is:

find . -name "page.php" > some_file_name.txt

This will redirect the output to some_file_name.txt which you can name what you please.

answered Feb 11 at 22:54

Ryan

Cory J · Answer 3 · 2013-02-11 22:54:41Z

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In the PuTTY configuration, under the "Window" category there is a "Lines of Scrollback" option. Set this to a sufficiently huge number.

answered Feb 11 at 22:54

Cory J
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