This is probably an easy one, but I can't figure it out and it's pretty much not searchable. In a folder hierarchy I have exactly one file of type xyz. I want to find that file and open it with a terminal command.find . -name *.xyzThis will return the file I'm looking for. Now how do I open it automatically, without typing the name?find . -name *xyz | openThis doesn't work. It says it doesn't found the open command.
Open file found with 'find' command
linux;terminal;find;pipe
@retracile is correct. You need to open it with 'something'. However, I prefer to use exec over xargs. find . -name '*.xyz' -exec cat {} \;this will return cat fileFound.xyz; cat fileFound2.xyx; etc.. however, you are only expecting to find one file. note that changing \; to + would return cat fileFound.xyz fileFound2.xyz depending on case the later maybe the preferred choice.for more on this I would direct you to this question