2022-04-26 11:27PM [scnzzh:/home/scnzzh/aaa]$>find -P /home/scnzzh/aaa/prf_dashboard -maxdepth 2 -name "profile_qlikreporting_data_*_*.tar.gz" /home/scnzzh/aaa/prf_dashboard/LB/profile_qlikreporting_data_LB_2022.tar.gz /home/scnzzh/aaa/prf_dashboard/MAU/profile_qlikreporting_data_MAU_2022.tar.gz /home/scnzzh/aaa/prf_dashboard/archive/profile_qlikreporting_data_LB_202204.tar.gz 2022-04-26 11:27PM [scnzzh:/home/scnzzh/aaa]$>find -P /home/scnzzh/aaa/prf_dashboard -not -path "*/archive/*" -maxdepth 2 -name "profile_qlikreporting_data_*_*.tar.gz" find: warning: you have specified the -maxdepth option after a non-option argument -not, but options are not positional (-maxdepth affects tests specified before it as well as those specified after it). Please specify options before other arguments. /home/scnzzh/aaa/prf_dashboard/LB/profile_qlikreporting_data_LB_2022.tar.gz /home/scnzzh/aaa/prf_dashboard/MAU/profile_qlikreporting_data_MAU_2022.tar.gz 2022-04-26 11:28PM [scnzzh:/home/scnzzh/aaa]$>find -P /home/scnzzh/aaa/prf_dashboard -maxdepth 2 -name "profile_qlikreporting_data_*_*.tar.gz" -not -path "*/archive/*" /home/scnzzh/aaa/prf_dashboard/LB/profile_qlikreporting_data_LB_2022.tar.gz /home/scnzzh/aaa/prf_dashboard/MAU/profile_qlikreporting_data_MAU_2022.tar.gz
-P Never follow symbolic links. This is the default behaviour. When find examines or prints information about files, and the file is a symbolic link, the information used shall be taken from the properties of the symbolic link itself.
Using the -not Operator
The find command also provides the -not operator. We can use it to exclude a directory from a search path:
$ find . -type f -not -path '*/mp3/*'
Using the ! Operator
One more way to exclude a directory is to use the ! operator with the find command:
$ find . -type f ! -path '*/txt/*'
