On Wed, Jul 06, 2005 at 10:56:23PM +0200, Otto Moerbeek wrote: > > find /home/kili -maxdepth 1 -type f -name \* -mtime +1 -exec echo {} \; | > > grep ssh > > > > yields no output at all. [And of course, I *do* have a .ssh directory.] > > That's because you are not doing the same search. Especially > -maxdepth 1 will influence the results.
Sure, but the OP mentioned that he also tried -maxdepth 1, but yet had find(1) recurse into .ssh. @Benny: I hope you didn't put the `-maxdepth 1' *after* the `-exec rm {} \;'. Ciao, Kili