Ignore command (used with find)

shakespeare1 · 03-06-2020, 04:04 AM

I want a command which will ignore a particular directory. I have an Ubuntu machine with (uncaring) backups in the main disk.

Turbocapitalist · 03-06-2020, 04:48 AM

For rsync you'd have several ways, including the --filter option.

For find you'd also have several ways, including the -prune and -not options.

The details depend on specifics regarding your usage. Can you go into a little more detail into how the backup is being done using either find or rsync on your system?

berndbausch · 03-06-2020, 05:17 AM

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Originally Posted by shakespeare1

I want a command which will ignore a particular directory

According to the question title, you want to ignore a directory when using find.

From the find manual page:

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To ignore a directory and the files under it, use -prune

pan64 · 03-06-2020, 08:25 AM

would be nice to give a better explanation or an example.
If you mean you want to skip a directory: https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-expli...mmand-s-search