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I'm trying to exclude the directory /zones in my find command. I don't have GNU find available, just the native Solaris find.

I tried something like this:

find / -type d ! -name zones

The problem is that with this exclude I also lose sub-directories like /etc/zones.

Is there a way to specify the complete directory name like:

find / -type d ! -name ^\/zones

I already tested lots of approaches but I can't include the / in front of the string.

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  • does solaris find support asterisks? like find / ! -name '*zones' ?
    – FelixJN
    Commented Aug 14, 2015 at 8:43
  • maybe this post will help
    – gwillie
    Commented Aug 14, 2015 at 8:45
  • Yes asteriks are supported but with an exclude on *zones I will end up with the same issue as before...
    – Nenzo
    Commented Aug 14, 2015 at 8:55

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Here is a portable way:

find / -type d -exec test {} = /zones \; -prune -o -type d -print

Note that GNU find might be available on an alternate directory depending on the Solaris release you are using (like /usr/sfw/bin/gfind, /usr/gnu/bin/find, ...).

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  • This approach will probably work but search the /zones directory anyway which can result in very high execution times. It would be best to not search this directory in the first place.
    – Nenzo
    Commented Aug 14, 2015 at 8:58
  • @Nenzo I used -prune which is documented as -prune Always yields true. Does not examine any directories or files in the directory structure below the pattern just matched.
    – jlliagre
    Commented Aug 14, 2015 at 9:04
  • Thanks you're right I just tested your solution and it works just fine.
    – Nenzo
    Commented Aug 14, 2015 at 9:13
  • This worked just fine for me on Solaris 10. But I have a question: How do I skip multiple directories?
    – dvai
    Commented Nov 23, 2016 at 13:14
  • @dvai just insert extra -o -exec test {} = /otherdir \; -prune clauses before the last -o -type d one.
    – jlliagre
    Commented Nov 24, 2016 at 4:44

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