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On 12/22/12 15:22, Jack Mc Lauren wrote:
> Hi fellas
> How can I exclude specific directories from my find command ? I want to look for all files in the whole system except for those in e.g /extra directory.
> I use this command to find all files, but how can I exclude /extra directory ?
>
> find / -type f

find -path /extra -prune -o -type f

>
> Thanks in advance ...
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