Hi, Richard Owlett wrote: > I tried > find /home/richard \( -type d -name .* -prune \) -o -atime -42 -print > and > find /home/richard \( -type d -name .* -prune \) -atime -42 -print > ... > Each got an "find: paths must precede expression: .." error
You need to hide the .* word from the shell parser. I assume the parser produces more than one word when looking for matching files. Try: find /home/richard \( -type d -name '.*' -prune \) -o -atime -42 -print Have a nice day :) Thomas
