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# 1  
Old 04-27-2008
Problem with find in script
Hi

I am updating one script as follows

find $HOME -mount -size +1 \( ! \( -name *_Entry_*.xml.gz \) -name "*.gz" -o -name "*.Z" \) -mtime +1 -print |

becomes:

find $HOME -mount -size +1 \( ! \( -name *_Entry_*.xml.gz -o -name *_ECI_*.xml.gz \) -name "*.gz" -o -name "*.Z" \) -mtime +1 -print |

But it seems that the newer version does not work.

Could you pls help me and tell me what I'm doing wrong. Smilie

Thanks a lot
Cheers
Gnom
# 2  
Old 04-28-2008
You also need to quote the patterns inside the braces, especially when they contain wildcards, otherwise the command works fine:

Code:
find $HOME -mount -size +1 \(  !  \( -name "*_Entry_*.xml.gz" -o -name "*_ECI_*.xml.gz"  \) -name "*.gz" -o -name "*.Z"  \) -mtime +1 -print

# 3  
Old 04-28-2008
Thank you very much rubin

Cheers
gnom
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