Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2002 16:36:15 -0800 From: "Crist J . Clark" <cjc@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz> Cc: Joe Rodrigues <jxr2000@tmlp.com>, freebsd questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Find command Message-ID: <20020119163615.D63556@blossom.cjclark.org> In-Reply-To: <20020120112406.A1594@grimoire.chen.org.nz>; from jonc@chen.org.nz on Sun, Jan 20, 2002 at 11:24:06AM %2B1300 References: <000d01c1a137$30948ec0$f449fea9@tmlp.com> <20020120112406.A1594@grimoire.chen.org.nz>
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On Sun, Jan 20, 2002 at 11:24:06AM +1300, Jonathan Chen wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 19, 2002 at 05:18:14PM -0500, Joe Rodrigues wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am having problems (to say the least) with this command. My frustration
> > level has been raised to new heights.
> >
> > Can anybody tell me what is wrong with the syntax bellow.
> >
> > 1. find -name xinitrc
> >
> > 2. find -f /usr/X11R6 -name xinitrc
> >
> >
> > The first command it does not recognize the -name primary
>
> The first argument to find(1) must be a pathname.
>
> find /usr/X11R6 -name xinitrc -print
...Or list of pathnames.
$ find /usr/bin /usr/sbin bin -name somefile
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