[Cialug] find it already!

Barry Von Ahsen barry at vonahsen.com
Sat May 24 23:19:01 CDT 2008


Todd Walton wrote:
> todd at localhost:~$ find `pwd` -regex * -print
> find: paths must precede expression
> Usage: find [-H] [-L] [-P] [path...] [expression]
> 
> Why?  Why oh why?  Why does find always do this to me?  What the hell
> does `pwd` look like if not a path?

a subshell :)  I'd guess there's something in the order of the parsing

why not just use . ?

-barry


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