Get entity by name

[namarino41]

Hello, is there a way I can get an entity's location by referencing it's name similar to the following command: "/data get entity @e[name="special_portal\,limit=1] Pos". I'm on 1.16.5 and I can't seem to find anything about this. Thanks!

[poopoodice]

I would filter through all entities, from ServerWorld#getEntities

[Alpvax]

You could look into how commands handle finding and filtering entities, and either use the same method, or call the required methods.

The class which handles it is net.minecraft.command.arguments.EntitySelector