Date: Sat, 12 Oct 1996 13:18:13 -0600 From: Brandon Gillespie <brandon@glacier.cold.org> To: hmmm <hmmm@alaska.net> Cc: freebsd-questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: find Message-ID: <199610121918.NAA17119@glacier.cold.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 12 Oct 1996 17:28:40 -0000." <Pine.BSF.3.95.961012165945.3430A-100000@hmmm>
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> cd usr/local/man/man1
> find / -name ispell*
> cd usr/local/man
> find / -name ispell*
I suspect wildcard expansion is getting in your way. You should really put
quotes around ispell*, ala:
find / -name "ispell*"
To see an example, try:
cd /usr/local/man/man1
echo "expand: " ispell*
cd /usr/local/man
echo "expand: " ispell*
-Brandon Gillespie
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