Use find command but exclude files in two directories

Question

I want to find files that end with _peaks.bed, but exclude files in the tmp and scripts folders.

My command is like this:

Answer 1

Try something like

find . \( -type f -name \*_peaks.bed -print \) -or \( -type d -and \( -name tmp -or -name scripts \) -and -prune \)

and don't be too surprised if I got it a bit wrong. If the goal is an exec (instead of print), just substitute it in place.