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Old 09-15-2008
Find command to run only in the base directory
Hi.

I'm trying to get my find command to only search in the directory i tell it to, but i don't want it to search in the sub directories as well...

For example, i have a /data/files/ and /data/files/old

I want to search for all .sav files within /data/files but i don't want it to drill down through the /data/files/old directory...

I tried using maxdepth but i get an error that it is not a valid option. i am sure there is a way to do this?!

thanks!
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Old 09-15-2008
find /data/files -depth 1 -name "*.sav"
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Old 09-15-2008
try
Code:
find /data/files/ -only  -name '*.sav'

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Old 09-15-2008
Hi guys. thanks for the quick replies...

I get a missing conjunction when trying to run the -depth option and a "not a valid option" when trying the -only (like when trying to use -maxdepth)...
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Old 09-15-2008
Well, i finally got this going:

find ./* -prune -type f -name '*.sav'

Seems to do exactly what i want it to...

Thanks
 
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