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How to search *upwards* for file? (reverse find)
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Mar 15, 20262155 viewsConfidence Score0%
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I'd like to search "upwards" for a file in shell script, e.g. check $PWD, then $PWD/.., then $PWD/../.., etc. until hitting the root. Before I go and roll my own, is there some builtin bash/zsh/find magic that will do this for me?
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Well i have no clue how to do this in zsh since i use bash: but i tried this one liner If you want to stop when you find something you could use: As far as i know is there no such tool that could do this.
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