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From: Ciaran McCreesh <ciaranm@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@××××××××××××.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] More on proper 'find' usage
Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 00:31:25
Message-Id: 20050318003039.649ed4e2@snowdrop
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] More on proper 'find' usage by Nick Winlund
1 On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 14:36:09 -0800 Nick Winlund <nwinlu@×××××××.net>
2 wrote:
3 | More specifically, when 'find'ing files I've found quoting wildcards
4 | usually works, like:
5 |
6 | from current dir:
7 |
8 | find . -name "*file*" -print > foo
9
10 Single quotes.
11
12 find . -name '*foo*'
13
14 --
15 Ciaran McCreesh : Gentoo Developer (Vim, Fluxbox, shell tools)
16 Mail : ciaranm at gentoo.org
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Re: [gentoo-dev] More on proper 'find' usage Georgi Georgiev <chutz@×××.net>