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Old 01-28-2011
Gzip files - Excluded directories
Hi,

I am using the commande line
Code:
 find . -name "*.nc" -type f -exec gzip -v {} \;

to zip all files with the extension " *.nc " in all directories.

But I am looking for a way to excluded some directories as the command will recursively check all of them.

If somone can help me with some examples.

Thanks for your help.
# 2  
Old 01-28-2011
Code:
find . -type d \( -name "dir1" -o -name "dir2" \) -prune -o -name "*.nc" -type f -exec gzip -v {} \;

# 3  
Old 01-29-2011
Code:
find . -name "*.nc" -type f |egrep -v "dir1|dir2" |xargs gzip -v

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Old 01-29-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by rdcwayx
Code:
find . -name "*.nc" -type f |egrep -v "dir1|dir2" |xargs gzip -v

That may erroneously match files that contain the name "dir1" or "dir2"...
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Old 02-03-2011
Hello CiTaylor,

sorry to be so late. I tried your commande line but it doesn't work.

I don't know why. Did you use it before ?

Code:
-type d \( -name "dir1" -o -name "dir2" \) -prune -o

Thanks
 
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