Kevin Coyner wrote:
> Stephen R Laniel wrote..
> > Bob Proulx wrote:
> > > The results you post look like there is a bug in the option
> > > processing of find.
Note that I also mentioned that this was unlikely and asked about
other possibilities such as aliases and wrappers.
> > I think the
On Mon, Sep 05, 2005 at 04:42:09PM -0400, Stephen R Laniel wrote..
> On Mon, Sep 05, 2005 at 11:56:52AM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote:
> > > find: warning: Unix filenames usually don't contain slashes
> > > (though pathnames do). That means that '-iname /tmp' will
> > > probably evaluate
> [snip]
On Mon, Sep 05, 2005 at 11:56:52AM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote:
> > find: warning: Unix filenames usually don't contain slashes (though
> > pathnames do). That means that '-iname /tmp' will probably evaluate
[snip]
> The results you post look like there is a bug in the option processing
> of find.
I
Kevin Coyner wrote:
> I've been using linux for quite a while but am still perplexed by
> the proper usage of the 'find' program. I always end up using
> locate instead. Anyway, I need it now so I re-read the man and
> tried the following:
>
> cd /tmp
> touch testfile
> find . -iname
Angelo Bertolli wrote:
> Stephen R Laniel wrote:
> > Incidentally, I think '-print' is superfluous; I'm pretty
> > sure the default is to print.
>
> Yes, I think so too, but I do recall being on some UNIX's where this was
> not the case.
The classic legacy find from AT&T UNIX V7 did not default t
Stephen R Laniel wrote:
(09:16) [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp$ find . -iname testfile
./testfile
It should work fine on your end, too. See below; I think you
did something incorrectly.
Incidentally, I think '-print' is superfluous; I'm pretty
sure the default is to print.
Yes, I think so too, bu
On 9/5/05, Kevin Coyner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I've been using linux for quite a while but am still perplexed by
> the proper usage of the 'find' program. I always end up using
> locate instead. Anyway, I need it now so I re-read the man and
> tried the following:
>
> cd /tmp
> tou
hi ya
On Mon, 5 Sep 2005, Stephen R Laniel wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 05, 2005 at 09:12:41AM -0400, Kevin Coyner wrote:
> > cd /tmp
> > touch testfile
> > find . -iname testfile -print
> >
> > and I get nothing.
find --version
GNU find version 4.2.24
ls -la > /tmp/ls.txt
find /
I've been using linux for quite a while but am still perplexed by
the proper usage of the 'find' program. I always end up using
locate instead. Anyway, I need it now so I re-read the man and
tried the following:
cd /tmp
touch testfile
find . -iname testfile -print
and I get nothing
On Mon, Sep 05, 2005 at 09:12:41AM -0400, Kevin Coyner wrote:
> cd /tmp
> touch testfile
> find . -iname testfile -print
>
> and I get nothing.
On my end that works perfectly. You do, indeed, have the
syntax right. Here's what I get:
(09:16) [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cd /tmp
(09:16) [EMAI
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