{"id":9464,"date":"2024-03-14T09:40:44","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T09:40:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-does-shell-read-all-files-in-a-folder\/"},"modified":"2024-03-20T15:34:01","modified_gmt":"2024-03-20T15:34:01","slug":"how-does-shell-read-all-files-in-a-folder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-does-shell-read-all-files-in-a-folder\/","title":{"rendered":"How does shell read all files in a folder?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The find command in shell can be used to read all files in a folder. For example, to read all files in a folder named &#8220;folder&#8221;, you can use the following command:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code>find folder -type f\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>This will list all the files in the folder directory and print out their paths. 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