Using find command in Bash script and excluding the subdirs

Question

I wrote some function that should find a directory inside a parent directory, but the thing is that it's taking to long, probably it's searching in the subdirectories as well. Here is my code:

function findMspDir () {
    mountedDir=/opt/SwDrop/
    dirToSearch=/opt/SwDrop/Repository/
    if [ ! -d $mountedDir ]; then 
        echo "The directory hasn't been found"
        exit 1;
    else
        echo "The directory is mounted"
        subDirToSearch="MSP-$versionNum"
    #   mspDir=`find $dirToSearch -name $subDirToSearch`
        mspDir=$(find /opt/SwDrop/Repository/ -name 'MSP-1.5.1.4')
        if [ "$mspDir" = "" ]; then 
            echo "The MSP directory hasn't been found"
            exit 1;
        fi
    fi
    echo "The found directory is: $mspDir"
}

I know for sure that the directory that i'm looking for is under /opt/SwDrop/Repository/ and it can't be in the subdirectories. Any idea how to solve it ?

score 3 · Answer 1 · edited Sep 28 '14 at 12:04

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Feel free to add -maxdepth 1 to your find command (see GNU Findutils).

edited Sep 28 '14 at 12:04

tangens

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answered Sep 28 '14 at 11:55

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score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 28 '14 at 12:19

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find -maxdepth 1 -name "you_name" -a type d

answered Sep 28 '14 at 12:19

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What does `-a` stands for? – Alex Brodov Sep 28 '14 at 12:21
logical "AND" is -a, logical "OR" is -o, it is a way to combine multiple conditions in one. – Ivan Ivanovich Sep 28 '14 at 12:24

Using find command in Bash script and excluding the subdirs

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