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| author | Tavian Barnes <tavianator@tavianator.com> | 2020-06-07 14:04:20 -0400 |
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| committer | Tavian Barnes <tavianator@tavianator.com> | 2020-06-07 15:16:10 -0400 |
| commit | 1bce3b33acbfcfbfa03f1174d6e00c125cd8625d (patch) | |
| tree | 9cb9efd81d667b711845878310afb39183cae847 /bfs.1 | |
| parent | faee855b1e886dacc999e1dccf7f8e2c750f33c6 (diff) | |
| download | bfs-1bce3b33acbfcfbfa03f1174d6e00c125cd8625d.tar.xz | |
Implement -exclude, a special form for convenient exclusions
Fixes #8.
Diffstat (limited to 'bfs.1')
| -rw-r--r-- | bfs.1 | 22 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 4 deletions
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ Use .IR d eepening .IR s earch (default: -.B -S +.B \-S .IR bfs ). .RE .SH OPERATORS @@ -211,6 +211,20 @@ The "comma" operator: evaluates the left-hand .I expression but discards the result, returning the right-hand .IR expression . +.SH SPECIAL FORMS +.TP +\fB\-exclude \fIexpression\fR +Exclude all paths matching the +.I expression +from the search. +This is more powerful than +.BR \-prune , +because it applies even when the expression wouldn't otherwise be evaluated, due to +.B \-depth +or +.B \-mindepth +for example. +Exclusions are always applied before other expressions, so it may be least confusing to put them first on the command line. .SH OPTIONS .PP .B \-color @@ -607,7 +621,7 @@ Like but use the null character ('\\0') as a separator rather than newlines. Useful in conjunction with .B xargs -.IR -0 . +.IR \-0 . .TP \fB\-printf \fIFORMAT\fR Print according to a format string (see @@ -662,7 +676,7 @@ is quoted to ensure the glob is processed by .B bfs rather than the shell. .TP -\fBbfs \-name access_log -L \fI/var\fR +\fBbfs \-name access_log \-L \fI/var\fR Finds all files named .B access_log under @@ -677,7 +691,7 @@ Prints all files in your home directory not owned by you. .B bfs \-xtype l Finds broken symbolic links. .TP -.B bfs \-name .git \-prune \-false \-o \-name config +.B bfs \-name config \-exclude \-name .git Finds all files named .BR config, skipping every |