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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers cmd find: exclude directory when using option -depth Post 302605915 by bora99 on Friday 9th of March 2012 03:54:45 AM
Old 03-09-2012
cmd find: exclude directory when using option -depth
hello,

i want to use "-depth" in command "find" and want to exclude a directory.
the find command should work in HP-UX and Linux.
Code:
i see in the find man page:
-prune
    If -depth is not given, true; do not descend the current directory.
    If -depth is given, false; no effect. 

-depth
    Process each directory's contents before the directory itself.

so my tests , in the example in want to exclude directory "excludedir", only the example with "-path" works , is there another option to use "-prune" and "-depth" ?

OK
Code:
find . -depth ! \( -path "./excludedir/*" -o -type d -name excludedir -prune \) -print

OK
Code:
find . ! \( -name excludedir -type d -prune \) -print

NOTOK
Code:
find . -depth ! \( -name excludedir -type d -prune \) -print

NOTOK , syntax error in Linux:
Code:
find . ! \( -name excludedir -type d -prune \) -depth -print

find: warning: you have specified the -depth option after a non-option argument !,
but options are not positional (-depth affects tests specified before it as well as those
specified after it). Please specify options before other arguments.

regards
 

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