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Old 01-16-2008
negation in find path
Guys,

Pl suggest me how to ignore a path in find command... I am aware of using "!" for other option... but how can i use it like this exampl...

I want to search something for in / but not in [ /root and /etc ]

Pl help.

Thanks..
# 2  
Old 01-16-2008
Pls try this,
Code:
find / \( -type d -a \( -name root -o -name etc \) \) -prune -o -name '*.txt' -print

Thanks
Nagarajan G
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Old 01-16-2008
Hi Nagarajan,

Its working..

Thank u very much..
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