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I am trying to search for all the .C files under the current directory as well as not to search in the sub-directories. I know -maxdepth is an option but i want to do with prune option. So, here's my command :
$ find . -name '*.c' -a ! -name . -prune
& Here's what i got :
./ORACLE-10G/rlwrap/rlwrap-0.41/src/readline.c
..... (trimming other lines)
./C_Progs/preprocessor/multpln.c
..... (trimming other lines)
Where am i going wrong ? Why find goes down the sub-directories when i have used the prune ? This does not happen when i use the -o operator.
$ find . -name '*.c' -o ! -name . -prune
All the .C files as well as other files are listed. But this time find does not go down the sub-directories. Please suggest.
IDK... because -o is likely to succeed and -a is likely to fail perhaps? I get subdirectories on both. But you probably don't have directories named xyz.c/ in your tree. Although in my case, searching for .el in an emacs themes tree.
The "! -name . -prune" part of the expression is going to be evaluated only if the first term, "-name '*.c'" is true. It is unlikely that you have any directories with names ending in ".c". It's all one logical expression, and "-a" does not mean, "Oh, and BTW also do this."
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