How to find filenames, sort it alphabetically then only head the first 3 characters?
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So basically what the title says, ive tried this
find . -type f -exec basename {} ; | sort | xargs head -c 3
But I get :
> head: cannot open 'filenamehere' for reading: No such file or
> director
y
for every files that im trying to read.
Any solution ?
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So basically what the title says, ive tried this
find . -type f -exec basename {} ; | sort | xargs head -c 3
But I get :
> head: cannot open 'filenamehere' for reading: No such file or
> director
y
for every files that im trying to read.
Any solution ?
bash
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So basically what the title says, ive tried this
find . -type f -exec basename {} ; | sort | xargs head -c 3
But I get :
> head: cannot open 'filenamehere' for reading: No such file or
> director
y
for every files that im trying to read.
Any solution ?
bash
asked 2 mins ago
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So basically what the title says, ive tried this
find . -type f -exec basename {} ; | sort | xargs head -c 3
But I get :
> head: cannot open 'filenamehere' for reading: No such file or
> director
y
for every files that im trying to read.
Any solution ?
bash
bash
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