On Saturday 24 July 2010 02:18 AM, steve wrote:
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> find /path/to/dir -user user1 -o -group user2 -not -user user3
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> this above command with find all files owner by user1 or group owned
> by user2 but not owned by user3. Because ...
I tried the combination of 2 expressions with ' or' and their
combination with a third 'and' for my specific requirement but I did not
get the desired search result. Every combination I could think of was
tried....first this then that etc. Then on the net I found a delimiter
and brackets combination similar to my needs and that query gave
accurate results.
find /path -expr1 /( -expr2 -o expr3 /) -exec {}..........
expr1's query is 'anded' with the result of the 'oring' of expr2 and
expr3. logically it is 'expr1 and (expr2 or expr3)'.
This delimiter or escape sign '\' is a funny thing. In file names with
spaces as well as commands, it makes the line continue further but in
the find command it is called the escape or delimiter.
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