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07-11-2012
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Help with the find cmd
Hello, I'm having a trouble with the find cmd. I would like to find all the java versions on my systems. I have solaris 9 & 10 RHEL and SUSIE. Code:
java -version doesn't give all the versions on the server. So I am trying to use the find command to find them all Code:
find / -name java I would like to exclude some directories such as Solaris zones, /tmp and mounted files systems. I don't need directories, I just what the files. Can someone help me out? |
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07-11-2012
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To find just regular files: Code:
find / -name java -type f |
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07-11-2012
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two ways: Code:
find / -name java -type f | grep -v '^/export/zones' # another way find / \( -name java -a ! -name '/export/zones/*' \) -type f I prefer the grep approach. |
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07-11-2012
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It looks to me as though your find command won't work. The -name primary only handles basenames. There will never be a forward slash in a basename so ! -name '/export/zones/*' will always evaluate true. The following should do it (untested): Code:
find / -type f -name java -print -o \( -path /export/zones -prune \) Regards, Alister ---------- Post updated at 02:12 PM ---------- Previous update was at 02:07 PM ---------- Quote:
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find / -type f -name java -print \
-o \( -path /dir1 -prune \) \
-o \( -path /dir2 -prune \) \
-o \( -path /dir3 -prune \) \
...
-o \( -path /dirN -prune \)Regards, Alister |
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07-11-2012
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All those -o's is also why I prefer the grep (-E) option
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07-11-2012
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jim mcnamara, I was able to get your example to work on both Solaris and RHEL,thanks. Code:
find / -name java -type f | grep -v '^/export/zones' alister, Your examples didn't work on Solaris but worked on RHEL. Code:
find / -type f -name java -print -o \( -path /tmp -prune \) I got this error in Solaris Code:
find: bad option -path find: path-list predicate-list Thanks for the help everyone. Sorry I was so late getting back to you, sooner, I had to step away from my desk. |
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