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Old 10-12-2006
Find command with Grep
I need to find for a particular string in my /opt file system.

find . -exec grep "10000" {} \;

I tried this command, it works ok but I want not to search in the logs folder I have in my filesystem as it takes lot of time. SO can I exclude one or more than on directory or sub directories from my search path(.) in my find command.

Thanks
# 2  
Old 10-12-2006
Assuming you want to search everything in /opt except for anything in /opt/logs and within, try this:
Code:
find /opt/!(logs*) -type f -exec grep "10000" {} \;

# 3  
Old 10-12-2006
Thanks glen..

find /opt/!(logs*) -type f -exec grep "9001" {} \;
-bash: !: event not found


But I am getting this error Smilie
# 4  
Old 10-12-2006
Bash does strange things to exclamation marks. Try single-quoting that part.
# 5  
Old 10-13-2006
Corona,

If I try like this I am getting this error

find /opt/'!(logs*)' -type f -exec grep "9001" {} \;
find: stat() error /opt/!(logs*): No such file or directory

Could anyone help me out please
# 6  
Old 10-16-2006
Please could anyone help me in solving it.
# 7  
Old 10-16-2006
Quote:
Originally Posted by venu_nbk
Please could anyone help me in solving it.
Have you looked at the man page for find? There is an option to prune unwanted directories.
 
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