bug#45987: Why can't I exclude when using ** with du?

2021-01-19 Thread Maurice R Volaski
If I set globstar and use it as follows with exclude, the excluded option is ignored. That is, the folder named “users” is descended into. Is that the intended behavior? Is there a workaround? du -a --exclude=users **/*.dat

bug#45987: Why can't I exclude when using ** with du?

2021-01-19 Thread Pádraig Brady
tag 45987 notabug close 45987 stop On 19/01/2021 17:31, Maurice R Volaski wrote: If I set globstar and use it as follows with exclude, the excluded option is ignored. That is, the folder named “users” is descended into. Is that the intended behavior? Is there a workaround? du -a --exclude=use

bug#45987: Why can't I exclude when using ** with du?

2021-01-19 Thread Maurice R Volaski
Do you think there is any way to do this action with du, then? On 1/19/21, 4:49 PM, "Pádraig Brady" wrote: CAUTION: This email comes from an external source; the attachments and/or links may compromise our secure environment. Do not open or click on suspicious emails. Please click on the

bug#45987: Why can't I exclude when using ** with du?

2021-01-19 Thread Pádraig Brady
On 19/01/2021 22:36, Maurice R Volaski wrote: On 1/19/21, 4:49 PM, "Pádraig Brady" wrote: On 19/01/2021 17:31, Maurice R Volaski wrote: > If I set globstar and use it as follows with exclude, the excluded option is ignored. That is, the folder named “users” is descended into. Is