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# 1  
Old 06-24-2010
Bug search file names
I want to search files with find command and have following condition, but wants to ignore all pictures format like *.png,*.jpg,*.gif

wants to search

*backup*
*bak*
*test*
-- [at start or end]
__ [at stard or end]

numbers in file name

*temp*
*tmp*
# 2  
Old 06-24-2010
Code:
find . \( -name "*backup*" -o -name "*bak*" -o -name "*test*" -o -name "--*" -o -name "*--" -o -name "__*" -o -name "*__" \
-o -name "*[0-9]*" -o -name "*temp*" -o -name "*tmp*" \) -a ! \( -name "*.png" -o -name "*.jpg" -o -name "*.gif" \)

# 3  
Old 06-24-2010
Thanks how i want to ignore cache directory with it, i need to add under that.
# 4  
Old 06-24-2010
Code:
find . \( -name "*backup*" -o -name "*bak*" -o -name "*test*" -o -name "--*" -o -name "*--" -o -name "__*" -o -name "*__" \
-o -name "*[0-9]*" -o -name "*temp*" -o -name "*tmp*" \) -a ! \( -name "*.png" -o -name "*.jpg" -o -name "*.gif" \) \
-o -name "cache" -prune

# 5  
Old 06-24-2010
still showing cache directory, i want to ignore it.
# 6  
Old 06-24-2010
Code:
find . \( -name "*backup*" -o -name "*bak*" -o -name "*test*" -o -name "--*" -o -name "*--" -o -name "__*" -o -name "*__" \
-o -name "*[0-9]*" -o -name "*temp*" -o -name "*tmp*" \) -a ! \( -name "*.png" -o -name "*.jpg" -o -name "*.gif" \) \
-o -name "cache" -prune | grep -v "cache"

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