On 03/15/2017 10:16 AM, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Wed, 15 Mar 2017 09:10:26 -0600, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: > >> Yes, I run as root: updatedb >> But when run: >> locate consent_extraction* >> >> It only list one file: >> /home/fd/consent_extraction1.pdf (this is a link file) >> /home/fd/business/forms/consent_extraction1.pdf > > The wildcard is being expanded by your shell, so the command you are > actually running is > > locate consent_extraction1.pdf > > If you want to pass the * to locate, you need to escape or quote it.
locate consent_extraction\* - didn't find anything locate "consent_extraction*" - didn't find anything locate "*consent_extraction*" - found both files locate *consent_extraction* - found both files I guess I have to erase my memory of DOS -- Thelma
