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Hi Guys,

Wondering if anyone can help me. I have a find command on a Linux box that works as expected:

Code:

find  \( -not -type d -or -not -name log -and -not -name loc -and -not -name usr -and -not -name etc -and -not -name tmp -and -not -name wrk -and -not -name changes -or -prune \) -and -not -type d -exec ls -1 {} \;

Selects all files that are not in speified directories.

Problem is I can't get the syntax correct for HP and AIX. It seems I cannot use -not or -or.

Any suggestions would be helpful,

Cheers

GNU find has a number of extensions which are not commonly found on traditional big-iron systems. Usually, you can install GNU find on those systems (or find, to your surprise, that somebody already did, and you just needed to find it. Sorry for the bad puns). If that's not an option, perhaps the Perl find2perl utility can help you achieve what you want.

Yup - for AIX there you go:
IBM AIX Toolbox Download Page - Alphabetical Listing
Check for "findutils".

Thanks for the speedy response guys,

Maybe what I am trying to do needs a little more explaination. I am executing the command remotly through ssh -qT on over 200 servers so installing GNU is not an option. What I really need is examples of any find command using -prune, -not and -or (or eqivalent) on HP and AIX so I can create the commands.

Cheers

How do you manage so many hosts? How do you handle updates? Don't you use a CSM for AIX? Else -> "man find" and good luck The rpm of gnu find should be very small so no much impact on network and boxes either.

If you are creating scripts/commands for so many different hosts you should not develop them on a Linux box. The reason is that GNU utilities have so many extra-features that getting the command to work on other UNIX dialects is usually impossible.

The "logical not" in standard "find" is the exclamation mark:

Code:

find . ! -type d

will find everything except for directories, for instance. The GNU find should understand this too.

I hope this helps.

bakunin

Hi All,

Got it working in the end:

Code:

find . \( ! -type d -o ! -name log -a ! -name loc -a ! -name usr -a ! -name etc -a ! -name gridctrl -a ! -name tmp -a ! -name wrk -a ! -name changes -o -prune \) -a ! -type d -exec ls -1 {} \;

Thanks for all the help!!!