TIP: how to exclude files in find command

This is how you could use find command to exclude files/file pattern.

in Solaris

# find /var ! \( -name filename -o -name filename.* \) -print

where ;

! = not equal to ( in solaris cannot use "-not")
\( = begin complex expresssion

-o = or

\) = end complex expression

In linux ;

# find /var -not \( -name filename -o -name filename.* \) -print

where ;

-not = not equal to ( ! can also be used as in solaris)

\( = begin complex expresssion

-o = or

\) = end complex expression

source : http://www.athabascau.ca/html/depts/compserv/webunit/HOWTO/find.htm