[SOLVED] Running a shell command and saving the response to a variable

Issue

I have a bunch of directories, named like this:

• 5553_DirHere
• 5554_DirHere
• 5555_DirHere

How can I run a shell command, to find all directories with the name "5554"?

The shell script would be something like:

find /mnt/Desktop -type d -name "5554*"

Then save the output to a variable

This is what I have tried:

const getDownloadPath = name => {
const folderDir = 5554;
  exec('find /mnt/Desktop -type d -name ${folderDir}*', function(err, stdout, stderr)
 {
 if(err) console.error(stderr);
 const singleFolder = stdout;
 });
   return `${config.path}/${stdout}`;
 };
};

Solution

'Find' command can be slow when searching larger directories. I used file-system, which works perfectly.

Answered By - eengstroem