Using 'find' to return filenames without extension

Here's a simple solution:

find . -type f -iname "*.ipynb" | sed 's/\.ipynb$//1'

To return only filenames without the extension, try:

find . -type f -iname "*.ipynb" -execdir sh -c 'printf "%s\n" "${0%.*}"' {} ';'

or (omitting -type f from now on):

find "$PWD" -iname "*.ipynb" -execdir basename {} .ipynb ';'

or:

find . -iname "*.ipynb" -exec basename {} .ipynb ';'

or:

find . -iname "*.ipynb" | sed "s/.*\///; s/\.ipynb//"

however invoking basename on each file can be inefficient, so @CharlesDuffy suggestion is:

find . -iname '*.ipynb' -exec bash -c 'printf "%s\n" "${@%.*}"' _ {} +

or:

find . -iname '*.ipynb' -execdir basename -s '.sh' {} +

Using + means that we're passing multiple files to each bash instance, so if the whole list fits into a single command line, we call bash only once.


To print full path and filename (without extension) in the same line, try:

find . -iname "*.ipynb" -exec sh -c 'printf "%s\n" "${0%.*}"' {} ';'

or:

find "$PWD" -iname "*.ipynb" -print | grep -o "[^\.]\+"

To print full path and filename on separate lines:

find "$PWD" -iname "*.ipynb" -exec dirname "{}" ';' -exec basename "{}" .ipynb ';'