Are you trying to exclude the contents of the specific directory /tmp/logs (which would only be a problem with the script you showed us if you were sitting in / when you invoked your script), or are you trying to exclude the contents of any directory logs that is located in a directory named tmp.
Either way a grep may be the easiest way to solve your problem:
or:
depending on your answer to the above question.
Note, however that the first one above may exclude other directories from your search if you are not located in / when you invoke find.
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i want to compile a list of files in all sub directories but exclude the current directory.
the closest i could get was to search 'only' the current directory, which is the opposite of what i wanted.
find . ! -name . -prune (7 Replies)
I'm using bash on cygwin/windows.
I'm trying to use find and exclude the directory /cygdrive/c/System\ Volume\ Information. When I try to use the command below I get the error "rm: cannot remove `/cygdrive/c/System Volume Information': Is a directory.
Can someone tell me what I am doing... (3 Replies)
Howdy
I have this directory structure ...
eep
eepaptest
eepfatest
eepgltest
eep.old
eeppoptest
ehf
ehfaptest
ehfgltest
ehp
ehpgltest
I want to find files in these directories, but I want to exclude eep, ehf & ehp.
Cany anyone help with the correct command ?? (1 Reply)
Hi Forum.
I'm trying to write a script that finds and deletes files that are older than 300 days. The script will read a table that contains the following 3 columns:
1st col: “Y” means sub-directory scan; "N" means no subdirectory scan
2nd col: sub-directory location
3rd col: File prefix... (7 Replies)
Hi,
I'm in the process of writing a shell script which will be ran under cron hourly and will check for files of specific age in my ftp folder, then moves those over inside a folder called "old" (which is within the ftp dir). But, I'm unable to figure out how to exclude the "old" folder when... (1 Reply)
Hi All,
First my OS version is:
ksh:0$ uname -a
SunOS 5.9 Generic_122300-48 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire-V440
I want to exclude the following DIR(./country111) in my search pattern:
ksh:0$ find . -name "*.tar"
./country111/COUNTRY_BATCH-801.tar
./country111/COUNTRY_BATCH-802.tar... (3 Replies)
I had a Shell script that removes the files that are in a directory older than the specified days.
find /test/files -mtime +10
I would like to add another condition to the find command above that is to exclude any file starting with ‘CGU'
Thanks (1 Reply)
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.
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... (3 Replies)
Hi Folks,
I want to run the below command and to exclude the specific path like /var/test/support/... . How to achieve using the below command
find / -type f \( –perm –4000 –o –perm –2000 \) –print
-Siva
Please do not use FONT tags inside CODE tags. And, there is usually no reason to... (2 Replies)
Can you please help tweak the below command to exclude all directories with the name "logs" and "tmp"
find . -type f \( ! -name "*.tar*" ! -name "*.bkp*" \) -exec /usr/xpg4/bin/grep -i "user_1" /dev/null {} + >result.out
bash-3.2$ uname -a
SunOS mymac 5.10 Generic_150400-26 sun4v sparc sun4v... (9 Replies)
Discussion started by: mohtashims
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LEARN ABOUT MINIX
find
FIND(1) General Commands Manual FIND(1)NAME
find - find files meeting a given condition
SYNOPSIS
find directory expression
EXAMPLES
find / -name a.out -print
# Print all a.out paths
find /usr/ast ! -newer f -ok rm {} ;
# Ask before removing
find /usr -size +20 -exec mv {} /big ;
# move files > 20 blks
find / -name a.out -o -name '*.o' -exec rm {};
# 2 conds
DESCRIPTION
Find descends the file tree starting at the given directory checking each file in that directory and its subdirectories against a predi-
cate. If the predicate is true, an action is taken. The predicates may be connected by -a (Boolean and), -o (Boolean or) and ! (Boolean
negation). Each predicate is true under the conditions specified below. The integer n may also be +n to mean any value greater than n, -n
to mean any value less than n, or just n for exactly n.
-name s true if current filename is s (include shell wild cards)
-size n true if file size is n blocks
-inum n true if the current file's i-node number is n
-mtime ntrue if modification time relative to today (in days) is n
-links ntrue if the number of links to the file is n
-newer ftrue if the file is newer than f
-perm n true if the file's permission bits = n (n is in octal)
-user u true if the uid = u (a numerical value, not a login name)
-group gtrue if the gid = g (a numerical value, not a group name)
-type x where x is bcdfug (block, char, dir, regular file, setuid, setgid)
-xdev do not cross devices to search mounted file systems
Following the expression can be one of the following, telling what to do when a file is found:
-print print the file name on standard output
-exec execute a MINIX command, {} stands for the file name
-ok prompts before executing the command
SEE ALSO test(1), xargs(1).
FIND(1)