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Operating Systems OS X (Apple) Warning using 'find'. Post 302985582 by MadeInGermany on Friday 11th of November 2016 02:46:19 PM

11-11-2016

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Get used to the following, that will skip "hidden" directories like .Trash/ .git/ .snapshot/ .Wastebasket/ ...

Code:

find "$HOME" -type d -name '.?*' -prune -o -type f -name 'sox' -print

Note the -print is important. Otherwise it defaults to also print the pruned directories!

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