"find" files under current directory but skipping some specific sub-directories

Question

I wonder how to specify to the command "find" for searching files under current directory but skipping some specific sub-directories.

For example, I would like to skip sub-directories that match "./dir1/*.1/"

Thanks and regards!

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EDIT:

Thanks for your help! It works with -prune.

If I would like to exclude subdirectories that match "./dir1/train*.1/", "./dir2/train*.3/", "./dir1/dir3/train*.2/", ..., how can I specify all of them? I tried "-path '*/train*.*' -prune" but it does not work.

Thanks again!

Answer 1

Check this out. EDIT: Straight from the man page: `To ignore a directory and the files under it, use -prune'.

Answer 2

You need to use the -path option and the -prune option, like this:

find . -type d -path "./dir1/*.1" -prune -o -print