What does -prune option in find do?

Try find * -maxdepth 0 -name "efence*" -prune -o -print The prune option does print matching files, if no other options are specified (it still prevents find from recursing into matching directories, however). Edited to add explanation: find expressions distinguish between tests and actions. From man find: The expression is made up of options (which affect overall operation rather than the processing of a specific file, and always return true), tests (which return a true or false value), and actions (which have side effects and return a true or false value), all separated by operators.

-and is assumed where the operator is omitted. If the expression contains no actions other than -prune, -print is performed on all files for which the expression is true. My emphasis So -prune is an action which has the side effect that find will not recurse into subdirectories which match the preceding test (in your case, -maxdepth 0 -name "efence*").

But in terms of the truth-value of the expression, it's equivalent to just having find * -maxdepth 0 -name "efence*" -true and since you didn't specify any other action, -print is assumed (this assumption is always present as it allows you to type e.g. Find . -name "*. Java" instead of find .

-name "*. Java" -print). Hope that makes sense.

The accepted answer at the other thread talks about the same thing.

Wow, it worked! How does -o print does the magic? – kingsmasher1 Aug 1 at 14:16 I am accepting your answer, but please explain me how does -o print does the magic.

– kingsmasher1 Aug 1 at 14:17.

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