Update of bug #34159 (project findutils):
Status: None => Invalid
Assigned to: None => ericb
Open/Closed: Open => Closed
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Follow-up Comment #2:
Not a bug. -prune is documented as only having an action on directories, not
regular files - so -prune does not trim files.
$ find . -path '*/file' -prune -o -type f
is strictly equivalent to:
$ find . ( -path '*/file' -prune -o -type f ) -print
-path '*/file' is true for dir/file, -prune is always true but has no effect,
so the -o does not kick in, then the implicit -print prints the file name.
Meanwhile:
$ find . -path '*/file' -prune -o -type f -print
is strictly equivalent to:
$ find . ( -path '*/file' -prune ) -o ( -type f -print )
-path '*/file' is true, -prune is true and has no effect, so the -o does not
kick in, and there is nothing left to -print the file name.
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