On 07/24/2010 01:18 AM, Rony wrote: > Hello, > > I want to use the find command inside a directory which has user1, > user2, user3 and user4 in the group to either look for files owned by > user1 or user2 or user3 > > or > > find files not owned by user4. > > The -user option allows me only one name. I tried spaces, comas between > user_names but the syntax is returned invalid. I can't find the > not_owned option either. The -nouser option is for users not in the > /etc/passwd file which is not my case. Checked out google too but cannot > find any possibility for multi-user options in the same line. Even tried > -user user1 -user user2 -user user3 together but not working. If I can > write one 'find' line for all the users, I don't have to repeat it per > user. > > Any tips or tricks? >
find /path/to/dir -user user1 -o -group user2 -not -user user3 this above command with find all files owner by user1 or group owned by user2 but not owned by user3. Because ... -user matches the owner of the file -group matches the group owner of the file -o is the 'or' operator -not is the 'not' operator The info pages (I personally prefer using 'pinfo' to browse the info pages) for find are pretty nicely organized. Take a look. cheers, - steve -- random spiel: http://lonetwin.net/ what i'm stumbling into: http://lonetwin.stumbleupon.com/ -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
