Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From:	Willie Wong <wwong@××××××××××××××.edu>
To:	gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject:	Re: [gentoo-user] Search filesystem with a wildcard
Date:	Sun, 27 Feb 2011 11:30:43
Message-Id:	`20110227112919.GA29506@math.princeton.edu`
In Reply to:	Re: [gentoo-user] Search filesystem with a wildcard by Stroller

1	On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 06:52:36AM +0000, Stroller wrote:
2	> AIUI using `find /my/folder -name foo.txt` (i.e. unquoted) the shell will pass the to find if it can't expand it itself.
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4	Not necessarily true.
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6	On bash if you set the 'nullglob' option, if the shell can't find the
7	file the word will be removed. If you set the 'failglob' character,
8	the command will quit with an error if the shell can't complete the
9	path expansion.
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11	I expect there to be similar options in other shells.
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13	W
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15	Willie W. Wong wwong@××××××××××××××.edu
16	Data aequatione quotcunque fluentes quantitae involvente fluxiones invenire
17	et vice versa ~~~ I. Newton