From c0292960651340a51203ca22f4c69d45fe6c3e19 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: jay Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2005 17:35:18 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Remind the user to quote the pattern argument to -iname. --- find/find.1 | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/find/find.1 b/find/find.1 index ccd8e7c..02ad1ea 100644 --- a/find/find.1 +++ b/find/find.1 @@ -285,7 +285,9 @@ patterns `fo*' and `F??' match the file names `Foo', `FOO', `foo', `fOo', etc. In these patterns, unlike filename expansion by the shell, an initial '.' can be matched by '*'. That is, .B find \-name *bar -will match the file `.foobar'. +will match the file `.foobar'. Please note that you should quote +patterns as a matter of course, otherwise the shell will expand any +wildcard characters in them. .IP "\-inum \fIn\fR" File has inode number \fIn\fR. It is normally easier to use the -- 2.11.4.GIT