how to have 'find' not return the current directory
- by Pinpin
I'm currently trying to find (and copy) all files and folder structure matching a specific pattern, in a specified directory and I'm so nearly there!
Specifically, I want to recursively copy all folders not begining with a '_' character from a specified path.
find /source/path/with/directories -maxdepth 1 -type d ! -name _\* -exec cp -R {} /destination/path \;
In the /source/path/with/directories/ path are machine-specific directories beginning with '_' and others, and I'm only interested in copying the others. For a reason beyond me, the find command returns the /source/path/with/directories/ directory, and therefore copies its content, directories begining with '_' included.
Anyone have a hint as to why that is?
Thanks,
Pascal
