Re: find command to not print "current" directory name with prune options

brumik wrote:

I have these files/directories in my current directory.
.
./dir
./dir/log
./log

I want to just prune ./log *only*

find . -name 'log' -prune -o -print
.
./dir

As you see it also pruned ./dir/log, how can I get find to prune the
current directory only, I tried various methods.

You need a version of find that supports "-path". This was added
to POSIX in 2008, but I don't know whether Solaris 11 find supports
it (Solaris 10 and earlier did not). If you have GNU find (perhaps
as gfind) you can use that:

[g]find . -path './log' -prune -o -print

Alternatively you can filter the output of find, which will be fine
for the example given, but will be less efficient if what you are
pruning is a directory with many files below it.

find . | grep -vE '^\./log(/|$)'

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Geoff Clare <netnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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