Re: help us to resolve this command

[Aman ulla]

‎Excuse us, Berny. I couldn't understand your words. It's our mistake. 

"thus just insert a blank (' '):"

Kindly explain us with modified full working  syntax.  

Thanks in Advance. 


Regards 
Amanulla.S 


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  Original Message  
From: Bernhard Voelker
Sent: Friday 18 August 2017 4:31 PM
To: Aman ulla; address@hidden
Subject: Re: help us to resolve this command

On 08/18/2017 09:05 AM, Aman ulla wrote:
> Still waiting for your support. 

Kamil already answered on August 11th:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-findutils/2017-08/msg00004.html

> # find /root/home/ -mindepth 1 -type f -not -name '.*' -delete && find
> /root/home/ -type d -not \(-name '.*' -or -name 'Desktop' -or -name
> 'thinclient_drives' \) -delete‎

find expects the grouping \( to be separated from the following -name option;
thus just insert a blank (' '):

- ... -not \(-name '.*' -or ...
+ ... -not \( -name '.*' -or ...

Have a nice day,
Berny