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From: Brandon Gillespie <brandon@glacier.cold.org>
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> cd usr/local/man/man1
> find / -name ispell*

> cd usr/local/man
> find / -name ispell*

I suspect wildcard expansion is getting in your way.  You should really put
quotes around ispell*, ala:

    find / -name "ispell*"

To see an example, try:

    cd /usr/local/man/man1
    echo "expand: " ispell*
    cd /usr/local/man
    echo "expand: " ispell*

-Brandon Gillespie