[SOLVED] find(1) frontend script puzzle

[Cracauer]

Using find(1):

I can't figure out how to properly combine '-prune' and '!'. I want to kill certain subdirectories from the results. "kill" means that 1) I don't want to traverse into them and 2) I don't want them to show up in results.

I can't figure it out. Here is what I have:


# create test data
mkdir -p ll/.svn
mkdir -p ll/.xvpics
touch ll/.xvpics/l1 # don't want to see this
touch ll/l1 # want to see this

find . \( -name .svn -prune -o -name .xvpics -prune \) -o \
\( \! -name .xvpics \! -name .svn \) \
-name '*l1*'


This prevents going into .svn and .xvpics, but it lists .svn and .xvpics (the directories themselves) in the output:



$ ./,find
./ll/.svn # incorrect
./ll/.xvpics # incorrect
./ll/l1 # correct


Any ideas?

A quick google only shows that I'm not the only one with the problem.

[odyniec]

Adding "-false" right after "-prune" should help:

find . \( -name .svn -prune -false -o -name .xvpics -prune -false \) -o \
\( \! -name .xvpics \! -name .svn \) \
-name '*l1*'

[Cracauer]

That does it, thank you so much.