Mahakaal
Reputation: 2175
How to stop find command from listing folders with dot(.)
In my home dir , i have folders like .cpan .cpcpan and they are also showing.
How i hide them . i am using
find /home -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d -printf "%f\n"
Upvotes: 0
Views: 527
Answers (1)
Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams
Reputation: 799310
Prune them.
find /home -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d \( -name '.*' -prune -o -printf "%f\n" \)
Upvotes: 1
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