Re: Strange results executing the find command.

[Andreas Metzler]

On 2004-12-22 Michel Bouchet <address@hidden> wrote:
[...]
> - I am in a folder, with a subfolder called "reviews".
> - When I execute the command "ls reviews/*.php"; I can see two files :
>       "reviews/nav.php" and "reviews/nav1.php".
> - When I execute the command "find reviews -name *.php"; I can only see one
> file :
>       "reviews/nav.php".
> - I wonder why the "find" command does not also show the file "reviews/nav1.
> php".

> Is this a bug ? Or am I making a mistake ?

Hello,
You are probably making a mistake. You are not protecting "*.php" from
expansion by the shell, so if there exists a file named nav.php in the
*current* directory and you type
find reviews -name *.php
your shell expands *.php and find gets to see
find reviews -name nav.php

(Easily verifyable with echo find reviews -name *.php)

Use single-quotes to protect the wildcards from shell expansion:
find reviews -name '*.php'
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