i keep encountering an error message when i attempt to use find. the
following transcript describes the result of my attempts to type "find
/opt/local/ -name":
[beginning of transcript]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~/L/A/LyX-1.4> find /opt/local/ -complete: Too many
arguments
/opt/local/share/fish/completions/find.fish (line 79): complete -c find
-o xtype -d (N_ "Check type of file - in case of symlink, check the file
that is not checked by -type") -x $type_comp
^
in . (source) call of file /opt/local/share/fish/completions/find.fish ,
called on standard input,
in command substitution
called on standard input,
/opt/local/share/fish/completions/find.fish (line 79): complete -c find
-o xtype -d (N_ "Check type of file - in case of symlink, check the file
that is not checked by -type") -x $type_comp
^
in . (source) call of file /opt/local/share/fish/completions/find.fish ,
called on standard input,
in command substitution
called on standard input,
complete edit command specific tab completions.
Synopsis
complete ( c| command| p| path) COMMAND [( s| short option)
SHORT_OPTION] [( l| long option| o| old option) LONG_OPTION
...
buffer for the presence of a specified set of options.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~/L/A/LyX-1.4> find /opt/local/ -n
[end of transcript]
also, is there a way to disable the documentation dump when an error
occurs? or perhaps an option to simply provide me with the proper help
command line to bring up the relevant documentation. the volume of
output is disorienting.
a separate issue that's indirectly related to find has to do with a
common error i keep repeating. i type the following command, for example:
find /opt/local/ -name *.sty -print
i seem to remember getting away with this at least some of the time in
bash, so fish must be more strict about escaping globbing syntax when
appropriate than other shells. i prefer the way fish wants it but i
still carry the habits of my old shell. after failing on my first
attempt. i use the up arrow to recall the last command and editing the
flawed statement. i only add the backslash and press return, expecting
the following to execute:
find /opt/local/ -name *.sty -print
but instead, i get the following result without the command having been
executed:
find /opt/local/ -name \
*.sty -print
i hope this information is useful. thanks!
/mike
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