regex with find command

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Hello I want to find all files in a directory ending with .h and I must use find command,I tried like this :

  find ~+ -name '\.h$'

strangely i have .h files but the command when executed doesn't produce output,so probably there is something wrong with the regex?

I you wanto to use a regex with GNU find: find ~+ -regex ".*\.h" — Cyrus, Jun 4, 2017 at 12:36

terdon · Accepted Answer · 2017-06-04 12:03:26Z

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The -name takes a shell glob, not a regex. You don't need to and shouldn't escape the .. Just use:

 find ~+ -name '*.h'

answered Jun 4, 2017 at 12:00

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NickD · Accepted Answer · 2017-06-04 11:58:33Z

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You need something like this:

 find /path/to/directory -name '*.h'

answered Jun 4, 2017 at 11:58

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