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Re: CONTINUING Elementary Problems with Find


Hi,

[...]
>        find . -name *.c -print
         find . -name "*.c"
>
>     gives the following error:
>        find:  Paths must precede expression
>        Usage:  find [path...] [expression]

If you don't include a "*" into "", it will be expanded by the shell,
which will confuse find.

Btw. -print is obsolete with the GNU versions of find.

[...]
>     Thanks again for your patience and your help.
>
>     /s/
>     Pat Bradford

Bye.
Michael.
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