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# 1  
Old 12-02-2008
Find files ignoring subdirectories
Hi guys,

I am searching some files not equal to the pattern with this command

find ! -name "PATTERN" -type f

but my problem is the find command because he also search inside subdirectories and that's the thing i don't want that.

Is there any comand to ignore the directories or subdirectories?

Regards,

osramos
# 2  
Old 12-02-2008
Code:
ls -l | grep -v ^d | grep -v "what you dont want"

Code:
Only Flat Files:
ls -1Ap | grep -v /\$

Only Directories:
ls -1Ap | grep /\$ | sed -e"s/[/]//g"
ls -1Ap | grep /\$ | cut -d/ -f1

Last edited by Ikon; 12-02-2008 at 06:46 PM..
# 3  
Old 12-02-2008
Ok, thanks a lot.

That means the find command doesn't hane no tricky stuff to ignore sub-directories?

Regards

osramos
Quote:
Originally Posted by Ikon
Code:
ls -l | grep -v ^d | grep -v "what you dont want"

Code:
Only Flat Files:
ls -1Ap | grep -v /\$

Only Directories:
ls -1Ap | grep /\$ | sed -e"s/[/]//g"
ls -1Ap | grep /\$ | cut -d/ -f1

# 4  
Old 12-02-2008
Yes, there is. Including the option -not -name will make find exclude matching dir or files. Tested on FreeBSD:

Code:
find dir -not -name "bin"

will exclude dir or file named bin
# 5  
Old 12-02-2008
depending on the version of find this might work

Code:
find . -maxdepth 1 -type f

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