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  • From: "Ron Clarke" <ariadne AT ausreg.com>
  • To: baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [BL] Hard Copy
  • Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2007 12:24:38 +1000

Hi Greg,

On Wed, 07 Feb 2007 10:23:58 +1030, Greg Mayman wrote:

> On Mon, 5 Feb 2007 20:06:26 -0500, James Miller wrote:

>> There is no file on your system that has the letters wp followed by a
>> period
> and
>> any other character, so find told you
>> the file you were searching for was not present. Steven has provided the
> correct
>> syntax for searching for the wp
>> executable. Hope this helps.

> It does explain why a search for 'wp.*' couldn't find it.

> If I ever need to find wp again, I will know what form to use,
> but since I now know where it is located, it is not likely that I
> will need to search for it.

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

Try: wp* In linux, the * can represent ANY characters, including a
" . "

Regards,
Ron


Ron Clarke
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