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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Find command to search files in a directory excluding subdirectories Post 302743647 by jhilmil on Thursday 13th of December 2012 05:32:52 AM
Old 12-13-2012
Find command to search files in a directory excluding subdirectories
Hi Forum,

I am using the below command to find files older than x days in a directory excluding subdirectories. From the previous forums I got to know that prune command helps us not to descend in subdirectories. Though I am using it here, not getting the desired result.

Code:
 
cd $dir
files2del=$(find . -type f -name . -prune -o -mtime +$NUM_DAYS -name '*.dat' )

The output is :

Code:
 
./fgh.dat
./ggg.dat
./sss.dat
./test_2/dtms3.dat
./test_2/dtms4.dat
./test_2/mop.dat

I do not want the search to descend inside test_2 directory.
Also if I give the command

Code:
 
cd $dir
        files2del=$(find . -type d ! -name . -prune -o -mtime +$NUM_DAYS -name '*.dat' )

I get the output as:

Code:
 
./fgh.dat
./ggg.dat
./sss.dat
./test_2

Here I do not want the test_2 directory to be listed out. I want only the .dat files in the current directory. Please advise where am I going wrong.

I am using # ! /bin/sh
 

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Name
       uucompact, uumkspool, uurespool, uupoll - uucp utilities

Syntax
       uucompact -ssystem
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Description
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       The  command  compacts  uucp  system spool directories and associated subdirectories. If system is ALL, then all existing uucp system spool
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