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1. UNIX for Beginners Questions & Answers
I need to delete all files from the working directory and its sub directories using the find command, for that I am using -prune option but some how I am having a syntax issue.
I have tried the below, please help me correct the syntax
find . -name \* -type f -exec rm -f {} \; >> Works but... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: rosebud123
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2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hello, I am using ksh93 (/usr/dt/bin/dtksh) on Solaris and am stuck when trying to use find with the -prune option.
I need to search a directory (supplied in a variable) for files matching a certain pattern, but ignore any sub-directories.
I have tried:
find ${full_path_to_dir_to_search}... (9 Replies)
Discussion started by: gary_w
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3. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi,
I am trying to find some files in a directory and then remove/list them if they are 30 days old. I also have 2 directories in that directory which I need to skip. Can someone please tell me what is the correct syntax?
find /developer/. -name "lost+found" "projects" -prune -o -type f... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: tkhan9
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi
I have a directory say mydir and inside it there are many files and subdirectories and also a directory called lost+found owned by root user
I want to print all files directories and subdirectorres from my directory using find command except lost+found
If i do
find . \( -name... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: xiamin
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I want to list files only from the current dir and its child dir (not from child's child dir).
i have the following files,
./ABC/1.log
./ABC/2.log
./ABC/ABC1/A.log
./ABC/ABC1/B.log
./ABC/ABC1/XYZ/A1.log
./ABC/ABC1/XYZ/A2.log
Here i want to list only the log file from current... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: apsprabhu
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6. Solaris
I know one of the more seasoned veterans probably opened this thread looking for their chance to refer me to the site's search feature and let me tell you.
I'VE LOOKED!!!! And I didn't find anything helpful...
So, I've got a windows background and I'm fond of its search feature which comes... (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: ProGrammar
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7. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi,
I am using a find command like below in my script:
find /outfiles -type f -name cat -o -name vi -o -name grep 2>/dev/null
Which will search for files like "cat" , "vi" or "grep" in the "/outfiles" and subdirectories.
I want to ignore a particular subdirectory from the search. I... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: deepakgang
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8. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I have a directory named https-abcd
Under that I have some directories, files and links.
One of those directories is with name logs and the logs directory has lot of files in it.
I need to tar the whole https-abcd directory excluding the logs directory only, I should get all the links, files and... (2 Replies)
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9. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
Hi,
I'm using the following command to get a list of files on the system.
find /releases -type f -exec ls -l > /home/sebarry/list.txt '{}' \;
however, its searching a directory I don't want it to search so I know I have to use prune but I don't seem to be able to get prune and exec to work... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: Sebarry
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