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how to ignore directory in find by full path

I want to write a function that will find files in current directory I'm currently in. The thing is that if I'm in /home, I want to find files in sys, dev and var directories (which is in my home folder). But If I'm in root folder I wish them to be stripped. I tried this:

find -L . \( -path '/dev' -o -path '/var' -o -path '/sys' \) -prune \
  -o -type f -print \
  -o -type d -print \
  -o -type l -print

But its not working. If I set a dot (.) at beginning of every path I want to exclude - it works for root folder, but also excludes such dirs in other directories, which I do not want.

Is there a way to prune by full (global) file path? I tried a -wholename option, but It seems not work for me.

Solution

  • You can use find "$PWD", as in find "$PWD" -path '/dev' -prune -o -print, to search in the current directory by absolute path. Absolute path matches will then succeed.