Re: [CentOS] find with exclude directory

don't forget to escape that exclamation point if typing on bash.

On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 1:50 AM, Nicolas Thierry-Mieg < Nicolas.Thierry-Mieg@imag.fr> wrote:

...

On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 4:44 AM, Tim Dunphy bluethundr@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 {} ;

try something along the lines of:

find / -regex '.*varnish.*' ! -regex '/usr/local/digitalplatform/.*'

---

CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos