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Old 04-14-2008
How do I search parent folder only?
I have a directory /dir1/dir2/dir3/dir4/dir5.

How can I search for files only in dir4/ and not in dir5? I tried the maxdepth command, but it doesn't work in this flavor of sun OS.
When I search for files in dir4, it's giving me results from dir5 as well. I don't want this.


Thanks.
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Old 04-16-2008
How about:
Code:
ls <pattern>

eg ls -dF /dir1/dir2/dir3/dir4/*filestofind* | grep -v '/'
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Old 04-17-2008
couldn't you cd into dir4 and do a
Code:
 find . -name whaterver -print

and it will only search the current directory you are in?
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Old 04-17-2008
I am not sure if Find command with the current directory will work here as it will still search within the subdirectories of the current directory..Smilie

find . -name 'dir5' -prune -o -name whaterver -print

this will I guess take care that it will not dig further in to dir5
Last edited by rohit.shetty84; 04-17-2008 at 06:32 AM..
 
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