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On 03/15/2017 10:16 AM, Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> On Wed, 15 Mar 2017 09:10:26 -0600, thelma@×××××××××××.com wrote: |
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>> Yes, I run as root: updatedb |
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>> But when run: |
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>> locate consent_extraction* |
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>> It only list one file: |
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>> /home/fd/consent_extraction1.pdf (this is a link file) |
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>> /home/fd/business/forms/consent_extraction1.pdf |
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> The wildcard is being expanded by your shell, so the command you are |
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> actually running is |
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> locate consent_extraction1.pdf |
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> If you want to pass the * to locate, you need to escape or quote it. |
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locate consent_extraction\* - didn't find anything |
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locate "consent_extraction*" - didn't find anything |
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locate "*consent_extraction*" - found both files |
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locate *consent_extraction* - found both files |
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I guess I have to erase my memory of DOS |
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Thelma |
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