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Old 05-12-2009
find negative search
I have a config file as below. This file is delimited by ; First field is the starting directory for find command. Second field is -mtime value for the find command. Third field is combination of folder and file delimited by |

/home/export/temp;+30;file1|dir1|file2
/home/software/dir;+40;great|sing|folder

I now want to take above as input parameter for a find/script which will delete all files excluding the files/folder mentioned in the third field starting from the directory mentioned in field 1 and which are some days old mentioned in field 2.

Requesting some suggestion on how to do it.
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Old 05-12-2009
Hammer & Screwdriver the find command with -prune option
find and -prune are the key commands.
Take a look at:
https://www.unix.com/unix-advanced-ex...ne-option.html
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Old 05-13-2009
find negative search
Thanks for the response. Requesting to give more clarity as i am unable to get it correctly. The reply (mentioned as url, doesnt have complete answer and moreover the exclusion list that i mentioned might have files as well as folders).
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Old 05-13-2009
Code:
find /home/export/temp -follow \( -name "file1" -o -name "file2"\) -mtime +30 -prune -o -print

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