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  • From: 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org
  • To: baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [BL] Hard Copy
  • Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2007 14:23:45 +1300

Greg Mayman wrote:
>
> What it does NOT explain is the correct form to make a search
> that would find 'filename' which _might_ have an extension.

find / -name filename*

> Since I did not know whether 'wp' had an extension or not,
> I needed to cover both forms.

find / -name wp*

> Obviously I did it wrongly.

You put a . in your search which therefore only returns
filenames that have a . in that position.

Cheers,
Steven




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