How to find a partial directory path?

Question

Suppose I don't know where my Django source is stored, but I know that it contains these directories in this way: django/contrib/admin.

How can I use the find command or any more appropriate coreutils command to find where this partial directory path (structure) is available?

Example output:

/home/me/python/extracted/django/contrib/admin/
/home/me/env/django/contrib/admin/

The locate command does this for you, assuming that its database is up to date. — Thomas Dickey, Jan 21, 2019 at 9:52

Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy · Accepted Answer · 2019-01-21 10:02:22Z

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You should use -path flag for such purpose

find /home/me  -path "*django/contrib/admin*"

answered Jan 21, 2019 at 10:02

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Olivier Dulac · Accepted Answer · 2019-02-01 13:04:53Z

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For people who don't have the -path option (ex: vanilla AIX install, and no GNU find installed), here is another (simple) solution:

find /home/me -print | grep "django/contrib/admin"

answered Feb 1, 2019 at 13:04

Olivier Dulac

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