Date: Sun, 13 Oct 1996 19:05:49 +0200 (IST) From: Nadav Eiron <nadav@barcode.co.il> To: hmmm <hmmm@alaska.net> Cc: freebsd-questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: find Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.961013190222.28668A-100000@gatekeeper.barcode.co.il> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.961013161932.617A-100000@hmmm>
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On Sun, 13 Oct 1996, hmmm wrote: > > ok - as usual, i'm part right, part wrong. > > here's the scoop after testing further suggestions ... > > oh - and his is with SH, i want to get good with it before > i move on to better shells .... > > the quotes help, but it STILL works different > in different directories ??? > .......................................................... > > cd /usr/local/man/man1 > > find / -name ispell > /usr/local/bin/ispell > > find / -name ispell* > /usr/local/man/man1/ispell.1.gz > /usr/local/man/cat1/ispell.1.gz > > find / -name "ispell*" > /dos/bsd/packages/all/ispell-3.1.2 > /usr/local/bin/ispell > /usr/local/man/man1/ispell.1.gz > /usr/local/man/cat1/ispell.1.gz > /usr/local/man/man4/ispell.4.gz > /usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/ispell.el > /usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/ispell.elc > /usr/packages/All/ispell-3.1.20.tgz > /var/db/pkg/ispell-3.1.20 > > cd .. > > find / -name ispell > /usr/local/bin/ispell > > find / -name ispell* > /dos/bsd/packages/all/ispell-3.1.2 > /usr/local/bin/ispell > /usr/local/man/man1/ispell.1.gz > /usr/local/man/cat1/ispell.1.gz > /usr/local/man/man4/ispell.4.gz > /usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/ispell.el > /usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/ispell.elc > /usr/packages/All/ispell-3.1.20.tgz > /var/db/pkg/ispell-3.1.20 > > find / -name "ispell*" > /dos/bsd/packages/all/ispell-3.1.2 > /usr/local/bin/ispell > /usr/local/man/man1/ispell.1.gz > /usr/local/man/cat1/ispell.1.gz > /usr/local/man/man4/ispell.4.gz > /usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/ispell.el > /usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/ispell.elc > /usr/packages/All/ispell-3.1.20.tgz > /var/db/pkg/ispell-3.1.20 > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ? http://www.alaska.net/~hmmm > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Well, where is the difference? As far as I (and diff) can judge, there is absolutly no difference between the outputs of the two runs of find / -name "ispell*", and it is clear that without the quotes the output would depend on whatever happens to match the ispell* pattern in the current directory. Where is the problem then? Nadav
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