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 at imag.fr> wrote: > > On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 4:44 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 {} \; > >> > > try something along the lines of: > > find / -regex '.*varnish.*' ! -regex '/usr/local/digitalplatform/.*' > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > -- Billy Crook • Network and Security Administrator • RiskAnalytics, LLC