"-maxdepth 1" argument for Solaris find. Other way to restrict find in only one directory?


 
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# 1  
Old 11-17-2011
"-maxdepth 1" argument for Solaris find. Other way to restrict find in only one directory?

Hi

I wish to find only files in dir /srv/container/content/imz06/. It means exclude subfolder /srv/container/content/imz06/archive/

Code:
> uname -a
SunOS testbox6 5.10 Generic_139555-08 sun4v sparc SUNW,Sun-Blade-T6320

Its Solaris default "find"

Code:
> find /srv/container/content/imz06/* -name "Output_Z_1_*" -type f -mtime +2 -exec mv {} /srv/container/content/imz06/archive/ \;
mv: /srv/container/content/imz06/archive/Output_Z_1_1387868585.Output_Z_1 and /srv/container/content/imz06/archive/Output_Z_1_1387868585.Output_Z_1 are identical
mv: /srv/container/content/imz06/archive/Output_Z_1_403754036.res and /srv/container/content/imz06/archive/Output_Z_1_403754036.res are identical
mv: /srv/container/content/imz06/archive/Output_Z_1_1905205135.Output_Z_1 and /srv/container/content/imz06/archive/Output_Z_1_1905205135.Output_Z_1 are identical
mv: /srv/container/content/imz06/archive/Output_Z_1_ext1692374936.Output_Z_1 and /srv/container/content/imz06/archive/Output_Z_1_ext1692374936.Output_Z_1 are identical
mv: /srv/container/content/imz06/archive/Output_Z_1_ext312589099.res and /srv/container/content/imz06/archive/Output_Z_1_ext312589099.res are identical
mv: /srv/container/content/imz06/archive/Output_Z_1_ext1189439122.Output_Z_1 and /srv/container/content/imz06/archive/Output_Z_1_ext1189439122.Output_Z_1 are identical
mv: /srv/container/content/imz06/archive/Output_Z_1_1888958124.res and /srv/container/content/imz06/archive/Output_Z_1_1888958124.res are identical
mv: /srv/container/content/imz06/archive/Output_Z_1_1387868585.res and /srv/container/content/imz06/archive/Output_Z_1_1387868585.res are identical
mv: /srv/container/content/imz06/archive/Output_Z_1_403754036.Output_Z_1 and /srv/container/content/imz06/archive/Output_Z_1_403754036.Output_Z_1 are identical
mv: /srv/container/content/imz06/archive/Output_Z_1_1888958124.Output_Z_1 and /srv/container/content/imz06/archive/Output_Z_1_1888958124.Output_Z_1 are identical
mv: /srv/container/content/imz06/archive/Output_Z_1_ext1189439122.res and /srv/container/content/imz06/archive/Output_Z_1_ext1189439122.res are identical
mv: /srv/container/content/imz06/archive/Output_Z_1_ext312589099.Output_Z_1 and /srv/container/content/imz06/archive/Output_Z_1_ext312589099.Output_Z_1 are identical
mv: /srv/container/content/imz06/archive/Output_Z_1_ext1692374936.res and /srv/container/content/imz06/archive/Output_Z_1_ext1692374936.res are identical
mv: /srv/container/content/imz06/archive/Output_Z_1_1905205135.res and /srv/container/content/imz06/archive/Output_Z_1_1905205135.res are identical

# 2  
Old 11-17-2011
Hi.

I don't have those paths, but as an idea:
Code:
$ find ./tmp/* -type f -name file1                     
./tmp/B/file1
./tmp/file1

$ find ./tmp/* -type f -path tmp/ -o -prune -name file1
./tmp/file1

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# 3  
Old 11-17-2011
thats my find

Code:
User Commands                                             find(1)

NAME
     find - find files

SYNOPSIS
     /usr/bin/find  [-H |  -L] path... expression

     /usr/xpg4/bin/find  [-H |  -L] path... expression

there is no such option "-path"

Code:
find: bad option -path
find: [-H | -L] path-list predicate-list

Code:
> which find
/bin/find

# 4  
Old 11-17-2011
Ah! And not even /usr/xpg4/bin/find can help us. My ability to master some of the find command options is limited!

So here's a quick hack that might work, but it means replacing exec with xargs.

Code:
# find ./tmp/* -name file1 | grep -v /tmp/[^/]*/
./tmp/file1
#                                              
# mkdir tmp2
# find ./tmp/* -name file1 | grep -v /tmp/[^/]*/ | xargs -n1 -I{} mv {} tmp2
# ll tmp2
total 18
drwxr-xr-x   2 root     root         512 Nov 17 13:13 .
drwxr-xr-x  22 root     root        7680 Nov 17 13:13 ..
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root           0 Nov 17 13:09 file1

Code:
# uname -a
SunOS sol10 5.10 Generic_141445-09 i86pc i386 i86pc

# 5  
Old 11-18-2011
To find all files under a directory (not including sub directories) without using maxdepth:
Code:
find /full/path/dir \( ! -name dir -o -type f \) -prune -type f

Here we use prune to not descending to and directory other than "dir". But if you happen to have a file called "dir" under the directory "dir", it will not be included, thus the "-o -type f" part. If you are sure it won't happen, then you can omit that.
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