Shell Programming and Scripting

How can i tweak the below find command to exclude directory/s -> "/tmp/logs"

Code:

find . -type f \( ! -name "*.log*"  ! -name "*.jar*" \) -print

Note: -path option/argument does not work with the version of find that i have.

Code:

bash-3.2$ uname -a
SunOS mymac 5.10 Generic_150400-26 sun4v sparc sun4v

Can you tweak my original command to add the condition of excluding this directory -> "/tmp/log" ??

Does your version support the -prune action?

Yes.

it supports -prune

But, i m not sure how can i use -prune with the given command.

Your request is not clear.

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:

Code:

find . -type f \( ! -name "*.log*"  ! -name "*.jar*" \) | grep -v '^./tmp/logs/'

or:

Code:

find . -type f \( ! -name "*.log*"  ! -name "*.jar*" \) | grep -v '/tmp/logs/'

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.

@Don: Thank you for the suggestion.

But where can i put the -print option which you can see in the OP ?

Becoz in the next line i was reading the output file as you can see below.

Code:

find . -type f \( ! -name "*.log*"  ! -name "*.jar*" \) -print |
while read file
do

Please suggest.