g.findetc(1)

🦋 g.findetc(1) — GRASS GIS User's Manual 🦋

okay so bestie, we're in the GRASS GIS User's Manual and today's main character is g.findetc — the little helper that goes looking for GRASS support files so your scripts don't have to 💅

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✨ NAME ✨

g.findetc — searches for GRASS support files. that's it, that's the whole job, and she does it flawlessly 🫶

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🎀 KEYWORDS 🎀

general, map management, scripts

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💖 SYNOPSIS 💖

g.findetc
g.findetc --help
g.findetc file=string  [--help]  [--verbose]  [--quiet]  [--ui]

🌸 Flags 🌸

• --help — prints the usage summary, aka the lil cheat sheet 📝
• --verbose — verbose module output, she tells you everything 👀
• --quiet — quiet module output, she says nothing unless she has to 🤫
• --ui — forces the GUI dialog to launch, for when you want the pretty buttons ✨

🍓 Parameters 🍓

• file=string [required] — name of an file or directory. yep, it's mandatory, no skipping her 🚨

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

so here's the vibe: g.findetc is designed for Bourne shell scripts that need to search for support data, programs and subfolders across any number of directories — as specified in GRASS_ADDON_ETC, plus the GRASS application etc/ directory 🗂️

and why tho? because it's made for addon scripts that are installed outside the GRASS application directory, like in a user's home directory or a system addon directory. she's the friend who knows where everything lives when you're not in the usual spot 🧚

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🔥 OUTPUT 🔥

g.findetc writes the full path to the file or directory straight to standard output. that's the whole delivery, no notes, no extra commentary, just the path bestie 👑

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👀 SEE ALSO 👀

g.filename, g.findfile, g.gisenv, g.mapsets

like, go read those too, they're all in the same friend group 💅

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👑 AUTHOR 👑

William Kyngesburye

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💾 SOURCE CODE 💾

Available at: g.findetc source code (history)

Accessed: Saturday Jan 17 05:40:38 2026

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okay that's the whole page, no cap. GRASS 8.4.2, g.findetc(1) — and that's the tea, bestie, you're officially fluent in g.findetc ✨💖 periodt 🫶