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# Exclude A Directory With Find
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Using `find` is a handy way to track down files that meet certain criteria.
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However, if there are directories full of irrelevant files, you may end up
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with a lot of noise. What you want to do is exclude or ignore such
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directories. For example, you probably don't want `find` to return results
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from the `.git` directory of your project.
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Specific directories can be excluded by combining the `-not` and `-path`
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arguments.
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For instance, to see all files modified within the last 10 days, but not
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including anything in the `.git` directory, run the following:
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```bash
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$ find . -type f -not -path './.git/*' -ctime -10
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```
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[source](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4210042/exclude-directory-from-find-command)
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