On 15-11-25 02:21 PM, Alex Pilon wrote: >> On 15-11-25 01:39 PM, Alex Pilon wrote: >>> Is it just me or should this work? >>> >>> $ find -xdev -- foo >>> find: unknown predicate `--' >>> $ >>> >>> But not this? >>> >>> $ find -- foo -xdev -name 'sadasdasdasd' >>> $ >> > On Wed, Nov 25, 2015 at 01:51:51PM -0500, Bill Strosberg wrote: >> 'sadasdasdasd' >> >> >> Sad as das DASD? Anyone else remember an IBM DASD? Size of a >> refrigerator. Could now be replaced by a USB thumbdrive. > > Dummy text. > > Forgot to mention. > > $ find -- sadasdasdasd > find: `sadasdasdasd': No such file or directory
The usage of the Unix 'find' command is this. find [options] [paths] [expressions] You may optionally place '--' somewhere after [options] and before [expression] to indicate that all following arguments are part of an expression an not an option. If you put '--' after the first expression, it's considered another expression predicate. I am not aware of '--' being a valid predicate. If you put '--' before or after the paths, but before any expressions, it's valid. If you give a non-existing path, you will get a message the path does not exist. This is all documented in the manual. -- Stephen M. Webb <stephen.w...@bregmasoft.ca> _______________________________________________ Linux mailing list Linux@lists.oclug.on.ca http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux
