Re: Determination of file lists from selected folders without returning directory names

[SF Markus Elfring]

>> The result does not look in the way I was looking for when I try the command
>> “find ~/Projekte/Bau -name '*txt' -prune” or
> 
> Are you sure that does what you want?

No. - My imaginations can not be mapped to this command interface directly
so far.


>> Does any programming interface exist already which will provide only
>> basenames for the found files directly?
> 
> Again, if you are using GNU find, then the -printf directive is your friend.

This information can be appropriate for some use cases.


> If you are trying to use just POSIX tools, then you have to pipeline together
> multiple tools to get the same effect.

I know that this data processing style is usual.


Does a mapping of the function “opendir” (or “fdopendir”) exist for a command?


> Please, help us help you.

Your feedback is useful already.


> Chances are, existing tools can do what you want, but having a concrete 
> example
> in front of us instead of a vague request will make it easier

Can a similar feature request “Determination of a file list from a single folder
without changing the working directory” (for the tool “GNU Make”) help for
a better understanding?
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?51309


> $ find a -maxdepth 1 \! -type d -printf %f\\n

Can it be that this command retrieved more data than necessary just for the
display of the basename?

Regards,
Markus