Re: problem with 'find'

["Noah L. Meyerhans" <frodo@ccs.neu.edu>]

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On Mon, 30 Aug 1999, Kenneth Scharf wrote:

> If I issue the command "find / -name *.deb -print" in an xterm (fvm95
> wm) I get "find: paths must preced expression   Usage: find [path...]
> [expression]"
> 
> If I try this from a vterm (<ctl><alt><fn>) it works fine.  I am NOT
> logged in as root in either case.
> 
> Hmmm now it isn't even working in a vterm.  (something changed since
> yesterday?)  

You need to escape the '*' from your shell.  Use a '\' to accomplish this:
find / -name \*.deb -print

I suppose it's possible that, when you saw success with the command you
posted, the * was expanding to something that find could work
with...maybe.


HTH,
noah

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