command find -> exlude files & folders ..

[ben74]

Hi everyone, I'm a begineer with linux syntax ..

I want to search this folder, excluding "cache" & "ip" subfolders, size between 300 & 1 bytes, excluding "sess_*" session files..
My syntax is aproximate & doesn't work on excluding these patterns ..

find /z/tmp/ -type f \( ! -name cache -type d -prune ! -name ip -type d -prune \) -not \( -name 'sess_*' -prune \) Thanks for help

[atreyu]

Hi everyone, I'm a begineer with linux syntax ..

I want to search this folder, excluding "cache" & "ip" subfolders, size between 300 & 1 bytes, excluding "sess_*" session files..
My syntax is aproximate & doesn't work on excluding these patterns ..

find /z/tmp/ -type f \( ! -name cache -type d -prune ! -name ip -type d -prune \) -not \( -name 'sess_*' -prune \) Thanks for help

I assume you are just interested in files, yes? If so, try this:

find . -type f -not \( -path "/cache/*" -o -path "/ip/*" \) ! -name 'sess_*' -size +1c -a -size -300c -print

[ben74]

I assume you are just interested in files, yes? If so, try this:

find . -type f -not \( -path "/cache/*" -o -path "/ip/*" \) ! -name 'sess_*' -size +1c -a -size -300c -print

Well it stills, doesn't exclude those folders ... argh ...

[atreyu]

Well it stills, doesn't exclude those folders ... argh ...

odd, it does for me. maybe show your directory structure so we can see exactly what your working with.