On 10/28/2014 5:32 PM, Robert Nichols wrote: > On 10/28/2014 04:00 PM, Tim Dunphy wrote: >> Hey guys, >> >> Sorry not sure what's wrong with this statement. I've tried a few >> variations of trying to exclude the /var/www directory. >> >> >> [root at 224432-24 apr-1.5.1]# find / -name "*httpd*" -type d \( ! -name >> www \) >> /usr/lib/httpd >> /usr/lib64/httpd >> /var/www/vhosts/johnnyenglish/httpdocs >> /var/www/lpaddevbkp/alchemist/namespace/system-config-httpd >> /var/www/lpaddevbkp/httpd > > Well, no name that matches "*httpd*" will also match "www", so that last > term will never match. What you want is the "prune" action: > > find / -name www -prune -o -name "*httpd*" Or use -path instead of -name. Your original find statement should work with the -path test. find / -name "*httpd*" -type d \( ! -path /var/www \) but combining it with -prune is more efficient since it excludes the whole directory tree instead of individually excluding each file. find / -path /var/www -prune -o -name "*httpd*" -- Bowie