topic Re: Find - Only apply to current directory in Operating System - HP-UX

Find - Only apply to current directory

Radhe Webster — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 17:21:11 GMT

I need to search for files that are older than a certain amount and then delete them. How do I prevent find from going into subdirectories and deleting those that match the criteria as well.

Thanks

Re: Find - Only apply to current directory

Wilfred Chau_1 — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 17:26:48 GMT

try the -prune flag to skip the subdirectories.

Re: Find - Only apply to current directory

Alan Meyer_4 — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 17:30:54 GMT

the -prune switch prevents the find command from travelling down directory trees

Re: Find - Only apply to current directory

Vibhor Kumar Agarwal — Wed, 27 Jul 2005 00:31:58 GMT

Combine the -purne flag with -type d

So you will scan only the current directory and not the child ones.

Re: Find - Only apply to current directory

Muthukumar_5 — Wed, 27 Jul 2005 01:02:07 GMT

You can do it like,

http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=45258

hth.

Re: Find - Only apply to current directory

Muthukumar_5 — Wed, 27 Jul 2005 01:05:47 GMT

If you want to delete files based on modified time then,

find -path "//*" -prune -type f -mtine +2 -exec rm -i {} \;

hth.

Re: Find - Only apply to current directory

Radhe Webster — Wed, 27 Jul 2005 07:58:55 GMT

Thanks for all the help.