Re: [bug #5502] find -print0 breaks -path

[Andreas Metzler]

On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 01:51:30PM -0400, address@hidden wrote:
> 
> Summary:  find -print0 breaks -path
> 
> Original Submission:  using:
> 
>   find path ! -path '*/.ssh/*'
> 
> seems to correctly exclude /.ssh/ entries, but using:
> 
>   find path -print0 ! -path '*/.ssh/*'
> 
> causes -path to become ineffective.

No. You're just mistaken on how find's syntax works, the order
matters.

You are looking for
find path ! -path '*/.ssh/*' -print0
            cu andreas