Exclude a sub-directory using find

Question

I have directory structure like this

data
|___
   |
   abc
    |____incoming
   def
    |____incoming
    |____processed
   123
    |___incoming
   456
    |___i         


        

Answer 1

This works:

find /home/feeds/data -type f -not -path "*def/incoming*" -not -path "*456/incoming*"

Explanation:

• find /home/feeds/data: start finding recursively from specified path
• -type f: find files only
• -not -path "*def/incoming*": don't include anything with def/incoming as part of its path
• -not -path "*456/incoming*": don't include anything with 456/incoming as part of its path