Hal & Jack Both are perfect! Thanks [root at uszmpwsls014lb ~]# find / -print | grep -v digitalplatform | grep varnish /var/lib/varnish /var/lib/varnish/uszmpwsls014lb /var/lib/varnish/uszmpwsls014lb/_.vsl /var/lib/varnish/varnish_storage.bin /usr/lib64/libvarnish.so.1 /usr/lib64/libvarnishapi.so.1.0.0 /usr/lib64/libvarnishcompat.so.1.0.0 /usr/lib64/libvarnishcompat.so.1 /usr/lib64/libvarnishapi.so.1 /usr/lib64/libvarnish.so.1.0.0 /usr/share/doc/varnish-libs-2.0.6 /usr/share/doc/varnish-libs-2.0.6/LICENSE [root at uszmpwsls014lb ~]# find / -name "*varnish*" | sed '/digitalplatform$/d' | head -5 find: /proc/4604: No such file or directory /var/lib/varnish /var/lib/varnish/varnish_storage.bin /usr/lib64/libvarnish.so.1 /usr/lib64/libvarnishapi.so.1.0.0 /usr/lib64/libvarnishcompat.so.1.0.0 Brian, no that doesn't work. It returns nothing. [root at uszmpwsls014lb ~]# find / -path /usr/local/digitalplatform -prune -name \*varnish\* [root at uszmpwsls014lb ~]# But that's ok I think I'm all set with the above options. Thanks! Tim On Sun, May 11, 2014 at 12:50 PM, Hal Wigoda <hal.wigoda at gmail.com> wrote: > find / -print | grep -v digitalplatform | grep varnish | xargs rm > > But test this first - you don't want to remove anything by accident. > > > On Sun, May 11, 2014 at 11:44 AM, Tim Dunphy <bluethundr at gmail.com> wrote: > > Thanks. But what if I want to turn that statement into one that will > delete > > everything it finds? I need to preserve the contents of that directory. > > > > As in : find / -path '/usr/local/digitalplatform/*' -prune -o -name > > "*varnish*" -exec rm -rfv {} \; > > > > I'm thinking the grep -v would be a visual thing, but the above statement > > would delete everything including the varnish files in the > digitalplatform > > directory. > > > > > > > > > > On Sun, May 11, 2014 at 12:39 PM, Hal Wigoda <hal.wigoda at gmail.com> > wrote: > > > >> Just grep it out. > >> > >> find . -print | grep -v digitalplatform > >> > >> -v excludes > >> > >> On Sun, May 11, 2014 at 11:33 AM, Tim Dunphy <bluethundr at gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > Hey all, > >> > > >> > I'm trying to do a find of all files with the phrase 'varnish' in the > >> > name, but want to exclude a user home directory called > >> > /usr/local/digitalplatform. > >> > > >> > Here's what I was able to come up with: > >> > > >> > find / -path '/usr/local/digitalplatform/*' -prune -o -name > "*varnish*" > >> > > >> > Which results in this: > >> > > >> > [root at uszmpwsls014lb ~]# find / -path '/usr/local/digitalplatform/*' > >> -prune > >> > -o -name "*varnish*" | grep digitalplatform > >> > /usr/local/digitalplatform/.bash_logout > >> > /usr/local/digitalplatform/varnish-2.1.5.tar.gz > >> > /usr/local/digitalplatform/.viminfo > >> > /usr/local/digitalplatform/.ssh > >> > /usr/local/digitalplatform/varnish-1360.tar.gz > >> > /usr/local/digitalplatform/.emacs > >> > /usr/local/digitalplatform/varnishncsa-init > >> > /usr/local/digitalplatform/varnish-sysconfig-stg > >> > /usr/local/digitalplatform/memcached-1.4.7.tar.gz > >> > /usr/local/digitalplatform/.bash_profile > >> > /usr/local/digitalplatform/.mozilla > >> > /usr/local/digitalplatform/.subversion > >> > /usr/local/digitalplatform/.bashrc > >> > /usr/local/digitalplatform/.zshrc > >> > /usr/local/digitalplatform/varnish-sysconfig > >> > /usr/local/digitalplatform/default.vcl > >> > /usr/local/digitalplatform/1360-apache-stage.tar.gz > >> > /usr/local/digitalplatform/.bash_history > >> > /usr/local/digitalplatform/memcached-1.4.7 > >> > /usr/local/digitalplatform/httpd.conf > >> > /usr/local/digitalplatform/varnish-2.1.5 > >> > /usr/local/digitalplatform/varnish_reload_vcl > >> > /usr/local/digitalplatform/varnish-prod.tar.gz > >> > /usr/local/digitalplatform/varnish-init > >> > /usr/local/digitalplatform/1360-stage-apache.tar.gz > >> > > >> > > >> > I'd like to know what I'm doing wrong, and how I can best achieve the > >> > desired results? > >> > > >> > Thanks > >> > Tim > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > -- > >> > GPG me!! > >> > > >> > gpg --keyserver pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-keys F186197B > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > CentOS mailing list > >> > CentOS at centos.org > >> > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> ----------------- > >> Hal Wigoda > >> Chicago > >> _______________________________________________ > >> CentOS mailing list > >> CentOS at centos.org > >> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > GPG me!! > > > > gpg --keyserver pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-keys F186197B > > _______________________________________________ > > CentOS mailing list > > CentOS at centos.org > > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > > > -- > ----------------- > Hal Wigoda > Chicago > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > -- GPG me!! gpg --keyserver pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-keys F186197B