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# 8  
Old 09-15-2008
The reason is that "\(" cannot be correctly parsed if not surrounded by spaces. Therefore ".... \( ! ...." will work, but "... \(! ..." won't. For similar reasons "if [$x -ge 5 ]" won't work either, but will if you insert a space between the "[" and the "$", etc..

Btw., using "-exec" instead of "-print" only to pipe it to xargs is highly recommended.

I hope this helps.

bakunin
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Old 09-15-2008
missing conjuction error will usually come when there is missing quotes..
# 10  
Old 09-15-2008
Quote:
Originally Posted by bakunin
The reason is that "\(" cannot be correctly parsed if not surrounded by spaces. Therefore ".... \( ! ...." will work, but "... \(! ..." won't.

I have introduced the space but it is still not working.
# 11  
Old 09-15-2008
Hi baunin,

Your solution worked (it has removed the missign conjunction error)but the find is still giving me the count of files present in "usr" directory.

I want to search only in the current directory for *.txt files(there are sub-directories whcih also contains *.txt files). I have tried few things but in vain.

Please suggest.
# 12  
Old 09-16-2008
GIYF

When i entered "find -prune" in the search feature here the third thread was this: https://www.unix.com/unix-dummies-que...directory.html where exactly your question was asked and subsequently answered.

I hope this helps.

bakunin
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