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On Sat, 12 Oct 1996, Brandon Gillespie wrote:

> > 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*"
> 
no, it the same problem results with ot w/o parameter expansion.  i just
used that as an example because it exagerates the effect.

isn't it like this for you too?  because this odd behaviour is on all my
machines ...