Problem with find in script

gnom · #1 (**permalink**) 04-27-2008

Hi

I am updating one script as follows

find $HOME -mount -size +1 $ ! \( -name *_Entry_*.xml.gz $ -name "*.gz" -o -name "*.Z" \) -mtime +1 -print |

becomes:

find $HOME -mount -size +1 $ ! \( -name *_Entry_*.xml.gz -o -name *_ECI_*.xml.gz $ -name "*.gz" -o -name "*.Z" \) -mtime +1 -print |

But it seems that the newer version does not work.

Could you pls help me and tell me what I'm doing wrong.

Thanks a lot
Cheers
Gnom

rubin · #2 (**permalink**) 04-28-2008

You also need to quote the patterns inside the braces, especially when they contain wildcards, otherwise the command works fine:

Code:

find $HOME -mount -size +1 \(  !  \( -name "*_Entry_*.xml.gz" -o -name "*_ECI_*.xml.gz"  \) -name "*.gz" -o -name "*.Z"  \) -mtime +1 -print

gnom · #3 (**permalink**) 04-28-2008

Thank you very much rubin

Cheers
gnom

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