Re: Files tree

On Fri, 12 Apr 2024 14:15:49 -0000 (UTC),
  Rich <rich@example.invalid> wrote:

 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.

Okay, that makes sense.  Thanks for helping educate me!

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Ted Heise      <theise@panix.com>       West Lafayette, IN, USA