| to find number of files in a directory of mac files without the mac cruft counted in, I tried:
Code:
find . -not \( -name ".?*" -prune \) -type f | wc -l
However the number returned is suspiciously high. So I'm thinking it may be counting files inside ".*" folders. On examining in a gui file browser (emelFM2) with hidden files displayed, I saw a number of files which do not fit the dot prefix pattern (see attached), so now I want to sweep them all up in one go, but struggling with the syntax:
Code:
find . -not \( -name ".?*, _?*, db_?*, lock, log?*, cnid?*" -prune \) -type f | wc -l
find . -not \( -name ".?*", "_?*", "db_?*", "lock", "log?*", "cnid?*" -prune \) -type f | wc -l
both fail, the first returning all files (so not filtering out any), the second returning a "paths must precede expression" error.
Anyone know how this should be put?Roland Skollani was sick of Pittsburgh. This city was the dead-end of his failed dreams and even dope didn’t help his choking fits no more. It had been a mistake to leave Hollywood and to follow Rita. Maybe it was a twist of fate, that there were only a few days left to leave his ex-wife’s house. Now he MUST act. Rita had a new lover and he didn’t mind, but why of all people did she choose this greedy, corrupt cop Lennon? |