On 9/30/18 2:46 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: > I want to exclude /proc from being examined by 'find' when searching for > a file from /. I did not see an option in the man page to exclude specific > partitions. Is there a way to have find ignore /proc? > > Rich
If you are just looking for regular files, as in files you create, or configuration files, or a binary. library, etc etc, use slocate. Find is handy but is a bit overkill. As root, run # updatedb Then as regular user $ locate <filename> [ | grep <pattern> ] Also, check out http://www.slackbuilds.org/repository/14.2/desktop/catfish/ -Ed
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