How do I exclude any results with permission denied when using the find command?

Question

So I am trying to find any file containing the name IDLE. This is the command I used:

find / -xdev -name "IDLE.*" -type f -ls > IDLE_find.txt

The output in the console just gives me a bunch of directories where I didn't have enough permission. How do I filter out so it's clear what the find command actually found? I am aware that there is no file called "IDLE.*" but then it should just return an empty console.

However what is weird is that when I open the file that I wrote the output to it is empty.

Answer 1

find / -xdev -name "IDLE.*" -type f -ls > IDLE_find.txt 2> /dev/null

Should do the trick. Alternatively run the command via sudo.

Answer 2

Try the following: find /path/to/dir -name "search-patter" 2>&1 | grep -v "Permission denied"

Answer 3

try using sudo the following find / -xdev -name "IDLE.*" -type f -ls > IDLE_find.txt 2> /dev/null