I've been experimenting with find, and searching some with google and I've found/figured out how to exclude a directory from the search results. However, I would like the to read the directory exclusion list from a file. Something like the following (though, I know this won't work):
find /dir -name filename -not -perm octet ! -path <contents of file containing paths> -exec some_command
everything works fine if I just put the path directly inline like below:
find /dir -name filename -not -perm octet ! -path "/dir/directory/*" -exec some_command
I'm not adept (yet) at scripting and probably am overlooking something obvious. I believe I could write a multiple line script to do this, but was wanting a one liner if possible.
Thanks.