On Sat, Feb 10, 2024, 2:46 PM gene heskett <ghesk...@shentel.net> wrote:

> Greetings;
>
> I have misplaced file someplace in /home/gene.
> its name is bpim5*shelf.scad
>

Assuming that you are searching in the current working directory:
 find bpim*  -print | grep 'shelf.scad'

As usual it outputs 100,000 filenames, none of which is the one I am
> looking for. How in heck do you shut this thing up so it only spits out
> /the/path/to/the/file its looking for it it even found it?
>
> And where do I put that as an alias, in my .bashrc?
>
> Cheers, Gene Heskett, CET.
> --
> "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
>   soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
> -Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940)
> If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable.
>   - Louis D. Brandeis
>
>

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