Re: find . -path '*/.gork' -prune -o -type f : prints ".gork"

[David M. Karr]

>>>>> "Andreas" == Andreas Schwab <address@hidden> writes:
  Andreas> address@hidden (David M. Karr) writes:

  Andreas> |>   Bob>   find . -path '*/.gork' -prune -o -type f -print
  Andreas> |> 
  Andreas> |> This is really strange.  As you describe, without the "-print" on 
the
  Andreas> |> end, it prints the directory name I wanted to skip.  With 
"-print" on
  Andreas> |> the end, it doesn't print that directory.  That's the behavior 
that I
  Andreas> |> want.  Is it possible to explain WHY it works this way without
  Andreas> |> confusing me even more?

  Andreas> Note that `find . -path '*/.gork' -prune -o -type f' is equivalent to
  Andreas> `find . \( -path '*/.gork' -prune -o -type f \) -print', ie, -print 
is
  Andreas> added at the outer level; but `-o' binds lower than `-a', thus in the
  Andreas> second case you have `find . -path '*/.gork' -prune -o \( -type f 
-print \)'.

Another reason why no one else in my company is crazy enough to try to
understand "find" syntax :) .

Thanks for the explanation.  You could never convince me that the way
this works is "logical".

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