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Old 05-24-2009
excluding root directory when searching
I'm writing a script that executes over several subdirectories that looks like this:

Code:
cd companies
#find . -print -type d |
find . -type d -print |
while read dirname 
do
  cd $dirname
  # run your code at this point
  if [ -f "changes.txt" ]; then
     #do somthing
  else
      #do something else
  fi
  cd -
done

Right now this code executes in the root directory companies in addition to all the subdirectories, when I only want it to execute in the subdirectories. What changes do I need to make for this to happen?
# 2  
Old 05-24-2009
Code:
find ./* -type d -print |


or eithout having to do a cd companies

Code:
find companies/* -type d -print

-Devaraj Takhellambam
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