diff --git a/SC2012.md b/SC2012.md index 00eeb1e..a53699c 100644 --- a/SC2012.md +++ b/SC2012.md @@ -56,9 +56,9 @@ $ find .snapshot -maxdepth 1 .snapshot/rnapdev1-svm_4_05am_6every4hours.2019-04-02_1205 .snapshot/snapmirror.1501b4aa-3f82-11e8-9c31-00a098cef13d_2147868328.2019-04-01_190000 ``` -You can see two differences here. The first is that the `find` output has the full paths to the found files, relative to the current working directory from which `find` was run whereas `ls` only has the filenames. You may have to adjust your code to not add the directory to the filenames as you process them when moving from `ls` to `find`. +You can see two differences here. The first is that the `find` output has the full paths to the found files, relative to the current working directory from which `find` was run whereas `ls` only has the filenames. You may have to adjust your code to not add the directory to the filenames as you process them when moving from `ls` to `find`, or (with GNU find) use `-printf '%P\n'` to print just the filename. -The second difference in the two outputs is that the `find` command includes the searched directory as an entry. This can be eliminated by always using a negative name option for the searched directory: +The second difference in the two outputs is that the `find` command includes the searched directory as an entry. This can be eliminated by also using `-mindepth 1` to skip printing the root path, or using a negative name option for the searched directory: ``` $ find .snapshot -maxdepth 1 ! -name .snapshot .snapshot/rnapdev1-svm_4_05am_6every4hours.2019-04-02_0005