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Old 09-11-2008
Find but exclude directories

Hello,

I have a line in my script to find the files changed in the last 24 hours. It is as below:

find /home/hary -type f -mtime -1

I now want to exclude a directory named "/home/hary/temp/cache" from the above find command. How do I add it to my script?

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks,
Hary
# 2  
Old 09-11-2008
add this:
Code:
   ! -name '/hary/temp/cache/*'

# 3  
Old 09-11-2008
With some versions of find you can use the path option:
Code:
find /home/hary -path '/home/hary/temp/cache/*' \
-prune -o -type f -mtime -1 -print

Otherwise you could use something like this:

Code:
find /home/hary -name cache -exec test {} = /home/hary/temp/cache \; \
-prune -o -type f -mtime -1 -print

# 4  
Old 09-11-2008
Thanks radoulov! It works but i have a smaill problem with that. I tan this command as yu mentioned:

root@nlvmas711:PROD:~> find /u01/tomcat4/webapps -path '/u01/tomcat4/webapps/pwp/WEB-INF/cache' -prune -o -type f -mtime -1

/u01/tomcat4/webapps/pwp/WEB-INF/cache

It does not return me any files under the "cache" directory. However,. it returns me the excluded directory name itself. What do I need to add so that it goes to command prompt when it finds nothing.
# 5  
Old 09-11-2008
You're missing the print switch (see my post).

You can check the wholename switch also, if your find supports it.

Last edited by radoulov; 09-11-2008 at 01:18 PM..
# 6  
Old 09-11-2008
Another way...

Code:
find /home/hary -name "cache" -prune -o -type f -mtime -1 -print

# 7  
Old 09-11-2008
Thanks Guys! It works now.
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