How to restrict search depth for 'find'

[Gary Yu]

Hi all,

I was wondering is there any way to restrict the depth in a directory tree when using find command, say, how can I search files only in the current directory in stead of going down all the way to the the bottom of the directory tree?

I read the man page of find command, seemed no such parameters, any idea?

thanks,

Gary

[Rodney Hills]

find ./* -prune

will only do one level.

find ./*/* -prune

will do two levels.

Hope this helps.

-- Rod Hills

[Rodney Hills · Accepted solution]

Please disregard previous example.

Should be -

find . -path "./*" -prune -print

-- Rod Hills

[Gary Yu]

Thanks Rod, it works, I must had a misunderstanding of the parameter "-prune". thanks again for the prompt response.

Gary

[Carlos Fernandez Riera]

HI Rod:

I was trying it just few days ago and i think it dont work for me ( maybe quotes).

Every way, you deserve your hat, ( congrats).