exclude directories from find command

[Roland Smith]

On Sat, Dec 22, 2012 at 06:22:44AM -0800, Jack Mc Lauren wrote:
> Hi fellas
> How can I exclude specific directories from my find command ? I want to look for all files in the whole system except for those in e.g /extra directory. 
> I use this command to find all files, but how can I exclude /extra directory ?
> 
> find / -type f

Try this:

  find / -type f -not -path '/extra/*'

Roland
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