Question about find utility

sharky · 09-22-2008, 10:28 PM

I can't seem to get find to use both -prune and -size together. I want to find files over a certain size and at the same time exclude certain directories.

I'm able to do one or the other but not both simultaneously.

To find files of a certain size I use this in a bash script.

Code:

find $1 -user $USER -type f -size +600k -exec ls -lh {} \;

To exclude certain paths in the find I use this.

Code:

find $1 -user $USER -type f -size +100k -path $1/.snapshot -prune -o -print -exec ls -lh {} \;

The second statement excludes the .snapshot directory but I'm getting all file sizes returned and not just the ones over 100k. It also appears that the -user flag is ignored.

What am I doing wrong?

Woodypecker · 09-23-2008, 01:08 AM

The "-o" is actually "or". IMHO the ordering of parameters matter in that case, try to put the other conditions right to the prune.

theYinYeti · 09-23-2008, 02:54 AM

It should be:

Code:

find $1 -path $1/.snapshot -prune -o -user $USER -type f -size +600k -exec ls -lh {} \;

Yves.

sharky · 09-23-2008, 10:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by theYinYeti

It should be:

Code:

find $1 -path $1/.snapshot -prune -o -user $USER -type f -size +600k -exec ls -lh {} \;

Yves.

This appears to work. Thanks.