find [file...] [expression]
1.3 find Expressions
The expression that find uses to select files consists of one or more primaries, each of which is a separate command line argument to find. find evaluates the expression each time it processes a file. An expression can contain any of the following types of primaries:- options
- affect overall operation rather than the processing of a specific file;
- tests
- return a true or false value, depending on the file's attributes;
- actions
- have side effects and return a true or false value; and
- operators
- connect the other arguments and affect when and whether they are evaluated.
find . -type f -name "*_peaks.bed" ! -path "./tmp/*" ! -path "./scripts/*" -exec svn update -set-depth empty {} \;
