# .cwl workflow find file in subdirectories of an input directory

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**Created:** [August 19, 2020, 1:21pm UTC](https://cwl.discourse.group/t/cwl-workflow-find-file-in-subdirectories-of-an-input-directory/191 "2020-08-19T13:21:00Z")\
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Ok, I see. Well, I don’t have to start with the parent directory. I was just hoping to be able to cover the full analysis via CWL in its context together with the input data as-is.

The alternative would be to write bash for loops to go through the nested directories (which again I could wrap as a CWL workflow step).

Thanks for the input!

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