From: Davin Max Pearson <d DOT pearson AT ext DOT canterbury DOT ac DOT nz>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Problem with find
Date: 04 Aug 1998 08:12:44 +1200
Organization: University of Canterbury
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When I "CD" to a directory that does contain "*.cc" files, I then
try the following variations of the find command, with the
following results:

(1) From the DOS prompt:

        find . -name "*.cc"

works fine.

(2) From the DOS prompt:

        find . -name *.cc

doesn't work. (It says "paths must precede expression")

(3) From BASH:

        find . -name *.cc

doesn't work (paths must precede expression)

(4) From BASH:

        find . -name "*.cc"

doesn't work (paths must precede expression)

(5) From BASH:

        find . -name "\*.cc"

does nothing.


So I was wondering: how do I get the find command to work properly
from the BASH prompt?  It seems that I does work from the DOS prompt,
but what extra complication is needed to get it to work from the BASH
prompt?