On 05/11/2014 01:06 PM, Tim Dunphy wrote: > 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 > it might work reasonably for this particular case, but you should note the limitations of such an approach. specifically this would exclude both /path/you/want/to/ignore/digitalplatform/varnish and /path/you/want/to/find/digitalplatform/varnish I'd also suggest using find / -name varnish, dropping the second grep and possibly using anchors with egrep to be very specific (e.g. | egrep -v "^/ignore/this/path|^/ignore/another/path"