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Date:      Wed, 22 Sep 2004 11:31:44 -0400
From:      Kliment Andreev <klimenta@futurebit.com>
To:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Find Command Syntax
Message-ID:  <41519AE0.7080904@futurebit.com>
In-Reply-To: <4151998F.205@mykitchentable.net>
References:  <4151998F.205@mykitchentable.net>

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Drew Tomlinson wrote:
> I've also tried a combination of adding ()'s around the expression but 
> that hasn't worked either.  What am I missing?  Is this an appropriate 
> choice for what I want to do?  Is there another command better suited 
> for this task?

Use quotes ""

# find . -name "aaa" -print  differs from
# find . -name aaa - print



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