Follow-up Comment #3, bug #33459 (project findutils): Thanks for the quick reply. I didn't understand that actions are only done on the preceding expression excluding -print. However -prune is only one the preceding expression while expressions still print if you don't have another action in one of them. So
find . -name test1 -exec echo {} ; -or -name test2 -exec echo {} ; works just as well as: find . ( -name test1 -or -name test2 ) -exec echo {} ; I also now see where this is addressed in the man file. Thank you for your time. _______________________________________________________ Reply to this item at: <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?33459> _______________________________________________ Message sent via/by Savannah http://savannah.gnu.org/