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From: Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org>
To: Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com>
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Subject: Re: find /etc -name conf -print
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On Fri, Mar 08, 2002 at 10:04:30PM -0500, Peter Leftwich wrote:
> Why does this command fail to return any *.conf files?

This is a tricky one:
     -name pattern
	  True if the last component of the pathname being examined matches
	  pattern.  Special shell pattern matching characters (``['',

The last component of the pathname, not the filename.

"find /etc -name *.conf -print" will work if you don't have any
files or just one file in your current directory which end with
.conf.
"find /etc -name '*.conf' -print" will work always.

The difference between *.conf and '*.conf' is that *.conf will be
expanded by your shell (if possible), while '*.conf' will be passed
on as *.conf.

Edwin. Dutchman, proud of it.

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