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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Help with the find cmd Post 302670041 by alister on Wednesday 11th of July 2012 02:12:19 PM
Old 07-11-2012
Quote:
Originally Posted by jim mcnamara
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.
Because it's more readable?

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:
Originally Posted by bitlord
Thanks for the info.
I tried the command you gave me and it worked great. Is there a way though to exclude a directory, like for example /export/zones?
To exclude N directories (untested):
Code:
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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NAME

       trace-cmd-list - list available plugins, events or options for Ftrace.

SYNOPSIS

       trace-cmd list [OPTIONS]

DESCRIPTION

       The trace-cmd(1) list displays the available plugins, events or Ftrace options that are configured on the current machine. If no option is
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SEE ALSO

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RESOURCES

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COPYING

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NOTES

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