Using find command with -prune and -xdev
 

I am trying to list out files under /(root) which has sticky bit set.
But the find command should not search in /proc directory.

The command I am using is
#find / -xdev -name proc -prune \( -perm -04000 -o -perm -02000 \) -type f

This does not list anything, but when I remove -prune in the command it lists out files.

#find / -xdev \( -perm -04000 -o -perm -02000 \) -type f

Can someone help me out

Try /proc; and I think you'll need another "-o" after the prune (before the left bracket)

Following command solved the problem
find / -xdev -path /proc -prune -o \( -perm -04000 -o -perm -02000 \)\ -type f

Look at the find manual, and you'll see:

-prune If -depth is not given, true; if the file is a directory, do not descend into it.
If -depth is given, false; no effect.

That's why you see nothing.

if you want to avoid the /proc folder, you can simply use a pipe and grep your results:

find / -xdev \( -perm -04000 -o -perm -02000 \) -type f | grep -v ^/proc

I dont want find itself to not look at /proc directory, because you never know when a process exits and if find is searching in that directory(/proc/<pid>) then it will give errors.
The command that I posted solved the problem.