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Subject: Re: find command
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SGI.3.96.980827075907.11313B-100000@derby.jsp.umontreal.ca> from BEAUPRE Antoine at "Aug 27, 98 08:00:24 am"
To: beaupran@JSP.UMontreal.CA (BEAUPRE Antoine)
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 15:39:16 -0400 (EDT)
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BEAUPRE Antoine wrote:
> This is unclear.
> 
> Try 
> 
> find . -name bozo 
> 
> to find all the files and directories with "bozo" in their names, starting
> in current dir (.)

No, this finds all files named exactly "bozo".

To find all files with 'bozo' in their names, you need to use a
regex:

	find . -name '*bozo*'

Quoting usually needed, so that the regex is not expanded by the shell.

Dave

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