I would like to change the ownership of all files and directories but exclude some directories:
find -user test ! -path "./dir1/*" ! -path "./dir2/*" -exec chown -R root:root {} \;
The ownership of the excluded directories is still changed?
Regards
Best Answer
find . \( -path ./dir1 -o -path ./dir2 \) -prune -o -user test -exec chown root:root {} \;Personally, for performance reasons, I prefer:
find . \( -path ./dir1 -o -path ./dir2 \) -prune -o -user test -print0 | xargs -0 chown root