Adam Funk wrote:
I want to modify the following command find . -maxdepth $DEPTH -name "$.log" -ok rm '{}' ';'; so that it doesn't look in directories or subdirectories that start with a "." -- any suggestions?
You could try -regex instead of -name, e.g. find . -regex "\./[^.].*\.log" lists all files ending in ".log" except the ones in subdirectories which start with a dot. I don't know for sure if this also stops find from descending into such directories at all; I assume this is what you want to achieve in order to save time. Might be worth a try. Regards, Florian