Unless a non-standard shell option is enabled (e.g. bash's dotglob), -name . is always false and pruning never occurs.
Regards,
Alister
Hi Alister,
I don't think you noticed the ! in the command bipinajith posted:
For the given command the ! -name . is a no-op; all subdirectories not named "." will be pruned but "." won't appear in the list. But for the command:
it allows files in the current directory to be evaluated while pruning all subdirectories.
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