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Excluding multiple directories & files using FIND command

Dave Geiger — Mon, 10 Oct 2005 17:48:39 GMT

Hi All

I am trying to use the find command and exclude multiple directories and files.

So can you suggest me the syntax of excluding multiple directories and files using the find command

help is appreciated.

Thanks
Dave

Re: Excluding multiple directories & files using FIND command

Rodney Hills — Mon, 10 Oct 2005 17:50:12 GMT

find / ! $ -path "/dev/*" -path "/tmp/*" $ -print

will walk through entire file system except for /dev and /tmp

HTH

-- Rod Hills

Re: Excluding multiple directories & files using FIND command

Rodney Hills — Mon, 10 Oct 2005 17:51:28 GMT

To exclude specific file names

find / ! $ -name "core" -name "*.c" $ -print

This will exclude files named "core" or ending with .c.

HTH

-- Rod Hills

Re: Excluding multiple directories & files using FIND command

Senthil Prabu.S_1 — Tue, 11 Oct 2005 00:29:42 GMT

Hello Dave,
you can use the find command with following option to exclude directories;

find . -name $DIRNAME -prune -o -print

where, $DIRNAME is the name of the directory to be excluded.

HTH,

Prabu.S

Re: Excluding multiple directories & files using FIND command

Arunvijai_4 — Tue, 11 Oct 2005 00:34:58 GMT

To Exclude DIR1, DIR2 and DIR3 from list simply use:

find / -type d $ -name DIR1 -o -name DIR2 -o -name DIR3 $ -prune -o
-type d -print

-Arun

Re: Excluding multiple directories & files using FIND command

Steve Post — Wed, 12 Oct 2005 13:38:36 GMT

Here's another obvious way. Find all the stuff, then remove the pieces you want to exclude.

I want to backup filesystems /a /b and /d.
I want to skip filesystem /c, and directories: /a/skip1, /b/notthis.

find /a /b /d -print | grep -Ev "^\/a\/skip1|^\/b\/notthis" > answer.txt

Or....
find /a /b /d -print > bigfile
cat bigfile | grep -Ev "^\/a\/skip1|^\/b\/notthis" > answer.txt

Or...
find / -print > bigfile
cat bigfile | grep -Ev "^\/c|...blah blah.."

^ ==== anchor search to beginning of string.
\/ === really search for a forward slash.
| ==== the OR command.