diff --git a/include/tests_homedirs b/include/tests_homedirs
index cfb6f089..595c2fff 100644
--- a/include/tests_homedirs
+++ b/include/tests_homedirs
@@ -54,9 +54,9 @@
         if [ ! "${HOMEDIRS}" = "" ]; then
             if [ "${OS}" = "Solaris" ]; then
                 # Solaris doesn't support -maxdepth
-                FIND=`find ${HOMEDIRS} -name ".*history" -not -type f -print`
+                FIND=`find ${HOMEDIRS} -name ".*history" ! -type f -print`
               else
-                FIND=`find ${HOMEDIRS} -maxdepth 1 -name ".*history" -not -type f -print`
+                FIND=`find ${HOMEDIRS} -maxdepth 1 -name ".*history" ! -type f -print`
             fi
             if [ "${FIND}" = "" ]; then
                 Display --indent 2 --text "- Checking shell history files" --result OK --color GREEN