Re: Files tree

Ted Heise <theise@panix.com> wrote:

On Fri, 12 Apr 2024 13:39:34 +0100,

 export LC_ALL=C
 sudo find /\
   -path "/proc/*" -prune -o\
   -path "/run/*" -prune -o\
   -path "/sys/*" -prune -o\
   -path "/tmp/*/*" -prune -o\
   -print0 | sort -z | tr '\0' '\n' > /tmp/f1

 
I know just enough linux admin to be dangerous so this is probably
a dumb question, but I'm wondering why use find rather than ls?

Because 'find' is intended to be a filesystem traversal tool, and it
includes the ability to exclude parts of the tree (the -path -prune
invocations above exclude looking in those sub-trees).

'ls' is meant to display directories to humans, and it has only a
rudimentary ability to walk the tree, and no ability to exclude parts
of the tree you don't want to see.