On Fri, Feb 25, 2000 at 02:24:45PM +1100, Adrian van den Dries wrote:
> What is wrong with this???
>
> $ find . -name alsa*
> find: paths must precede expression
> Usage: find [path...] [expression]
find . -name alsa\*
You have files which match the pattern in the current directory, so
your shell is expanding the pattern before passing it to find.
Cheers,
John
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