Is there a way to find a specific file and then change into the directory containing it in one go?
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I'm looking for a way to find what I know will be a unique file, and then change into the directory containing that file. Something along the lines of:
find . -name 'Subscription.java' | xargs cd
Or:
find . -name 'Subscription.java' -exec cd {} \;
I know this won't work because it's both trying to cd supplying the entire absolute path, which contains the file, and also because xargs can't do any built in shell commands...but you get the point of what I want to accomplish.
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