Find - Only apply to current directory

[Radhe Webster]

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

[Wilfred Chau_1]

try the -prune flag to skip the subdirectories.

[Alan Meyer_4]

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

[Vibhor Kumar Agarwal]

Combine the -purne flag with -type d

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

[Muthukumar_5]

You can do it like,

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

hth.

[Muthukumar_5]

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

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

hth.

[Radhe Webster]

Thanks for all the help.