F16 Help with find.

[Sjoerd Mullender]

On 2012-04-05 11:24, Frank Murphy wrote:
> On 05/04/12 10:07, Ralf Corsepius wrote:
>> On 04/05/2012 09:31 AM, Frank Murphy wrote:
>>> Error from logwatch:
>>> find: paths must precede expression: (-name
>>> Usage: find [-H] [-L] [-P] [-Olevel] [-D
>>> help|tree|search|stat|rates|opt|exec] [path...] [expression]
>>>
>>>
>>> find /nfs/yum/16/i386/_local/packages -type f ! \(-name 'autoplus*' -o
>> Try adding a "-a" here ........................^
>>
>>
> Thanks Ralf,
> What does the "-a" mean here.
> man find, not much help.

It's equivalent to both -and and nothing.  It means AND.

Look for expr1 -a expr2 in the man page.


-- 
Sjoerd Mullender

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