Re: find command

[Paul Gevers <elbrus@debian.org>]

Hi,

On 31-10-2022 18:12, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> K0LNY_Glenn, le lun. 31 oct. 2022 12:05:57 -0500, a ecrit:
> > Originally, before searching on-line, I tried:
> > find ~/ -type f -name *.log >  find.txt
>
> You want this, but rather find ~/ (which will only look in your home), you
> want find /

Also, if you the directory where you execute that command has a .log 
file, you may find that the *.log is expended by shell before given to find.

So, when working with wildcards, it's safer to use quotes:

find ~/ -type f -name '*.log' >  find.txt
or
find / -type f -name '*.log' >  find.txt

Paul

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