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Old 01-03-2012
find with prune option help needed
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:
Code:
find ${full_path_to_dir_to_search} -type f -name "*.dat" -print -o -type d -prune

which produces no output. If I cd to that directory and issue this command:
Code:
find * -type f -name "*.dat" -print -o -type d -prune

it works as expected since it is working on a list of filenames.

Why doesn't it work when using a full path? I suspect it is being omitted by the -type d -prune option since I am using a full path? If so, how else to do it?

Oh and the sub-directories could change so I can't exclude them specifically in the find command.

Thanks for your consideration,
Gary
Last edited by gary_w; 01-03-2012 at 04:52 PM.. Reason: added more info
# 2  
Old 01-03-2012
Hi gary_w,

As I understand, the option you are looking for is:
Code:
-maxdepth 1

which doesn't descend into directories.

Substitute '-prune' with '-maxdepth 1', and an absolute path doesn't mind.

Regards,
Birei
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Old 01-03-2012
This version of find does not appear to have the maxdepth option. I will study the man page for an alternative hopefully.
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Old 01-03-2012
Using "-prune" is essentialy the same as using "-maxdepth 1"

I'm assuming "full_path_to_dir_to_search" already contains a splat in order to create the list?

Code:
find ${full_path_to_dir_to_search}/* -type f -name "*.dat" -print -o -type d -prune

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Old 01-03-2012
No it is a full pathname. Note that using a period while in the directory does not work either (no output):
Code:
find . -type f -name "*.dat" -print -o -type d -prune

where this does work (my test file is found):
Code:
find * -type f -name "*.dat" -print -o -type d -prune

I assume because the period is a directory and the splat is a list of files?
# 6  
Old 01-03-2012
I think the problem is that you're using -prune with a full path which behaves as if you were using a dot.

So it means it will go 0 levels down looking for the files. If you want the command to go down just one level you have to explicitly "add one more level" by appending "/*" to the path.

Code:
.       = go down 0 levels
./*     = go down 1 level
./*/*   = go down 2 levels
etc...

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Old 01-03-2012
One way of achieving the effect of "-maxdepth 1" is to work from the directory above the one you are actually interrogating. Then apply the "-prune" to stop find searching deeper.

Code:
#!/bin/ksh
DIR="${1}"
if [ "${DIR}""X" = "X" ]
then
        DIR="`pwd`"
fi
if [ ! -d "${DIR}" ]
then
        echo "${PN}: Directory missing: ${DIR}"
        exit
fi
########################
# Processing starts here
########################
echo "Directory: ${DIR}"
DIRA=`basename "${DIR}"`        # Directory name
cd "${DIR}"
echo "DIRA=${DIRA}"
find ../"${DIRA}" \( ! -name "${DIRA}" -prune \) -type f -print | sort | \
while read FILENAME
do
        FILENAME2=`basename "${FILENAME}"`
        echo "${FILENAME2}"
done

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