I want to launch a "find" query, and I want to exclude some directories
from the search.  I am looking for something like this:

find . -type f & excludes specified directories -exec do-something {}
\;

or

find . -type f -exec excluding specified directories do-something {} \;


Thanks,
Gus

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Generic Usenet Account wrote:
> I want to launch a "find" query, and I want to exclude some directories
> from the search.  I am looking for something like this:
>
> find . -type f & excludes specified directories -exec do-something {}
> \;
>
>            or
>
> find . -type f -exec excluding specified directories do-something {} 
\;
>
>
> Thanks,
> Gus

pipe the output through grep -v to get rid of the stuff you don't want

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Generic Usenet Account wrote:
> I want to launch a "find" query, and I want to exclude some directories
> from the search.  I am looking for something like this:
>
> find . -type f & excludes specified directories -exec do-something {}
> \;
>
>            or
>
> find . -type f -exec excluding specified directories do-something {} 
\;
>


/bin/find . \
\( -type d \( -name xcludir1 -o -name xcludir2 \) -prune \) \
-o \
-exec Do_Something {} \;

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On 25 Jul 2005 08:39:15 -0700, Generic Usenet Account
<usenet@sta.samsung.com> wrote:
> I want to launch a "find" query, and I want to exclude some directories
> from the search.  I am looking for something like this:
>
> find . -type f & excludes specified directories -exec do-something {}
> \;
>
Look at the "-prune" option.

find . -name excluded_dir -prune -o -type f -exec do_something {} \;


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