On 12/2/03 20:37, "J.Pietschmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Pier Fumagalli wrote:
>> I believe you added -name "*.tar.gz", right? :-) Yes, just one little thing,
>> it should be '*.tar.gz' (single quotes, not double quotes) to avoid shell
>> expansion... Fixed it, now it should be all right...
>
> Single quotes make a difference if the quoted string contains
> shell variable references. There is no difference regarding
> globbing. Just try
> ls "*"
> It should give you something like
> ls: *: No such file or directory
>
> Are you sure you are on the right track?
I ain't a guru... I know that with single quotes it works (on Solaris)...
Pier
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