Try looking at

man updatedb.conf

because you can configure updatedb, used by locate,
to exclude specific files and/or directories.

Or you can generate your own list of files
by using the find command.   With a good editor you can
just remove the files you don't want scanned and do this:

cat mylistoffiles | fgrep   ....

Many ways to solve this problem.  YMMV depending on
the problem specifics and the solution chosen.




On 03/08/2015 01:22 PM, joe@actionline.com wrote:
> How can I exclude a specified directory (or perhaps more than one)
> from a 'locate' search for files containing a certain name or word
> on my system?
>
> For example, I frequently now use the following:
>
> $ locate filename | fgrep -ya "/home/joe" <E>
>
> How could I modify that to exclude all files with the specified
> filename in one (or more) specified subdirectories?
>
>
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