find question

[H.S.]

Pete Holsberg wrote:
> H.S. keyed the following on 7/14/2007 12:41 PM:
>> $> find / -path './proc' -prune -o -name .profile 2>/dev/null
>>   
> 
> Interesting! I first tried it w/o the "./" and it listed /proc.
> 
> I don't understand what the "./" does.
> 

That was just the path I gave in my example. In your case, it specifies
that the proc directory in the current directory (./) in which the
command is being given.

->HS