Hi,

I want to list out only the files inside my directory /A/B/C and not the sub directories and
files inside them. What I am using is
find . -maxdepth 1 -type f -ctime +1

Unfortunately I am getting error as:
find: bad option -maxdpeth

Looks like my find is not supporting maxdepth.

Is there any other simple way to do this?
I don't prefer using ls as it causes problems when there are large number of files


I am using AIX flavor

From https://unix.stackexchange.com/quest...or-find-in-aix

First, it's NOT "urgent" for anyone. Second, your own error message is telling what the problem is - you misspelt "maxdepth".

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I thought maybe it was that too, until I looked it up.

Hey, you dont know if it's urgent-- maybe hes saving the world (probably not.) I dont know either, I chose to ignore that part.

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And what does that even mean ? The error message plainly says that the option specified doesn't exist. I suggest you re-read the OP.

I DO know in fact it's NOT "urgent" for anyone here, my dinner is more "urgent", excuse me.

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I suggest you go to the link I provided, where it shows that AIX doesn't have the -maxdepth option. As I already tried to tell you, I ALSO spotted the typo, and at first I thought that was the problem like you did.

I was on your side with that point.

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Poor man's solution:
That's a Linux distro I have never heard of

EDIT: I only see now that you don’t like ls.
But this command:
lists files who were changed, not modified, at least one day ago. This includes ownership or permission changes, which don’t affect file content.

maxdepth doesn’t seem to be a POSIX option. You can use the AIX man pages to confirm.

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That's a version of Unix, it's not a Linux distro.

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The man pages on the system you're running are probably the best source for questions like this...

Hi,

Welcome to LQ!

AIX (Advanced Interactive eXecutive) is not a flavor but a IBM UNIX.

I suggest that you look at https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...#faq_lqwelcome so you can create better posts when presenting a query here.

You can get local information by using 'man find' or online via; http://man.he.net/?topic=find&section=all

EDIT: You can look at UNIX find examples here; https://www.complexsql.com/find-command-in-unix/ Plus this online information can be helpful; http://unix.t-a-y-l-o-r.com/index.html

Hope this helps.
Have fun & enjoy!

Did you look at the find(1) manpage on AIX? Perhaps that switch isn't available. It's been a long time (easily a couple of decades) since I worked on AIX but I still remember it being rather an odd duck amongst the various UNIX flavors. The manpages are there for a reason---use 'em.

Linux is pretty much UNIX but don't be fooled by thinking that all Linux commands will work on proprietary UNIXes. I recall scratching my head for several minutes while fielding an "urgent" support call from an admin halfway around the planet before I realized that they were trying to use a Linux command to change a setting for a Solaris user account. (In this case it actually was rather "urgent" as they were trying to lock down a user account for someone who'd been fired.)

GNU-extensions might not work in AIX. You (or your sysadmin) could install GNU!findutils though. Or you can write a script to filter the files. E.g. utility 'dirname' could be useful.

I try not to wade into threads relating to an OS which I've no experience of... but find(1) in AIX must be pretty ancient, i.e. still directly descended from AT&T's original UNIX system V (proprietary) code?

I checked man pages for the major *BSD derived OS and as with Linux, they also have the -maxdepth option.

AIX is not a Linux, it's IBM's own version of System V Unix.
So a lot of the utilities (like, probably, find) will NOT be the GNU ones but the original Unix (System V) applications, which may support less options then the GNU ones.

Always prune, but the start directory
Note that +1 (days) is 48+ hours.