Re: [Plug] find command

[Kyle Burton <mortis@voicenet.com>]

You need to keep the '*' in quotes.  Try:

  find / -name "*httpd*" 

the -print is superfluous.


see also:

  http://www.bgw.org/tutorials/utilities/find.php3

for more ways to use find(1)


k

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On Thu, 22 Jul 1999, Michael Whitman wrote:

> Another simple question that I can't find the answer to...
> I want to find every file that has httpd in it.
> 
> find / -name httpd* -print
> 
> doesn't work
> 
> How do I do this?
> 
> Thanks
> Mike
> 
> 
> Michael P. Whitman
> Online Services Developer
> American Lawyer Media
> PaLAWnet - DeLAWnet
> 
> 
> mailto:michaelw@palawnet.com
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