In foo.debian-user, you wrote: > Can somebody explain this to me? > > $ find /cdrom -iname wx* > $ find /cdrom -iname wxx* > /cdrom/debian/hamm/hamm/binary-i386/libs/wxxt1_1.66d-2.deb > > Why does the first 'find' query give no results? Are you quoting the argument to avoid shell expansion? $ find /cdrom -iname 'wx*'