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# 1  
Old 09-13-2007
how to find some dir
hi everybody,

i have dir structure like this,

.
./processed
./results
./archive
./archive/processed
./archive/results
./archive/logs
./archive/decisions
./archive/error
./logs
./inbox
./decisions
./progress
./outbox
./config
./error

Now my concerns is to search all the files coming under all the dir(s)/sub-dir(s) except the dir(s) and sub-dir
(s) belongs to archive which are 1days back..........i.e. i should not include those files coming under archive dir and sub-dir
# 2  
Old 09-13-2007
Did you try using the find utility?
# 3  
Old 09-14-2007
i tried to use find........in that case i can able to remove only the sub-dir(s) coming under archive, but i cann't totally omit archive itself.......


i am using the following one to find out the dirs not having sub branch,
find . \( ! -name . -prune \) -print


any help if i missed out the find command would appreciated .....
# 4  
Old 09-14-2007
visit "man find"

find . -type d -name "Your Directory name" -print

This command will find the "directory name" in the current loaction.
Current location is denoted by '.' and you can give another path of directory.
You can go down to no. of depths in a directory structure, but you have to manually specify that in above find command.

Thanks !
# 5  
Old 09-14-2007
find problem
you could think about creating a list of the dirs you *do* want to use find on by doing something like.....(in a script by the way)

export dirs=`ls | grep -v archive`

for dir in $dirs ; do
find $dir -print
done

if you dont want to return dirs in the find....

for dir in $dirs ; do
find $dir ! -type d -print
done
# 6  
Old 09-17-2007
Tools
Quote:
Originally Posted by varungupta
visit "man find"

find . -type d -name "Your Directory name" -print

This command will find the "directory name" in the current loaction.
Current location is denoted by '.' and you can give another path of directory.
You can go down to no. of depths in a directory structure, but you have to manually specify that in above find command.

Thanks !
Hi Varun,

thankx a lot.......I think u have not gone thru the the que properly.....
by giving find . -type d , it will list all the dir under your current dir, also if some sub directories are there...

but my query : is there any find command thru which i can list all the directory who doesn't have child dir i.e. sub directories.....?????

here in my case i should loop thru all the folder mentioned in my original posted one except archive folder.....

hopes u are clear mate...Smilie
# 7  
Old 09-17-2007
Quote:
Originally Posted by ajcannon
you could think about creating a list of the dirs you *do* want to use find on by doing something like.....(in a script by the way)

export dirs=`ls | grep -v archive`

for dir in $dirs ; do
find $dir -print
done

if you dont want to return dirs in the find....

for dir in $dirs ; do
find $dir ! -type d -print
done

Hey ajcannon,

you suggestion is my last option, but i am wondering is there any find or anything else command thru which i can achieve the question.....if so kindly suggest which will reduce into one single command line???Smilie
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