Re: "FIND" command
From: Alan Connor (zzzzzz_at_xxx.yyy)
Date: 06/18/05
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Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 22:56:39 GMT
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"dorantes" wrote:
> Can someone help, I'm trying to use the "find" command to clean
> out home directories, but I want to skip certain directories
> (which I think I already got) by skipping certain group id
> no.'s, how can I skip files with certain extensions, such as
> .PRT/.BAT files.
>
> Thanks in advance...
>
find . -type f ! -name '*.PRT' -o ! -name '*.BAT'
To skip directories, you can use -prune, something like this:
find . -type d \( -name 'foo' -prune\) -o -type f ! -name ... -print
This syntax can be useful too:
find . -path './foo' -prune -o -print
AC
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