[bug #51711] non-helping error output with find

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[bug #51711] non-helping error output with find

Follow-up Comment #10, bug #51711 (project findutils): thank you berny. and for the other point: is it so obvious, that '-name' only takes one argument? Because, as I pointed out several times it is not pointed out either in the "info"-file nor in the "man"-file. Instead, I found an plural 's'

[bug #51711] non-helping error output with find

Follow-up Comment #9, bug #51711 (project findutils): Sorry for the late reply - now I understand: there's really a "NON-BUGS" section in 'find.1'. Thanks for insisting. The attached is an attempt to improve the explanation. It would be good if a native English speaker could check. Have a nice

Re: [bug #51711] non-helping error output with find

>> -the number of acceptable -name arguments > > I tried to find a place both in find's manpage and the Texinfo > manual (in latest Git), but didn't find an ambiguous place where > I could read that -name would accept more than 1 argument. > Would you please point to the relevant place? As I

[bug #51711] non-helping error output with find

Follow-up Comment #8, bug #51711 (project findutils): >> -the number of acceptable -name arguments > > I tried to find a place both in find's manpage and the Texinfo > manual (in latest Git), but didn't find an ambiguous place where > I could read that -name would accept more than 1 argument. >

[bug #51711] non-helping error output with find

Follow-up Comment #7, bug #51711 (project findutils): I pushed the commit with the NEWS entry fix: https://git.sv.gnu.org/cgit/findutils.git/commit/?id=a8fc03d98036 > I think the discussion missed a bit what I pointed on: > -the non-helping error message Improved with Assaf's and my commits:

[bug #51711] non-helping error output with find

Follow-up Comment #6, bug #51711 (project findutils): I think the discussion missed a bit what I pointed on: -the non-helping error message -the number of acceptable -name arguments -the insufficient non-bug explananation in man find, in relationship to the number of -name arguments

[bug #51711] non-helping error output with find

Follow-up Comment #5, bug #51711 (project findutils): Dale wrote : As far as I can tell, the error message means, Syntactically, this is a situation where a predicate must occur, but this argument is not a predicate. It looks like what would happen if you tried to specify a directory, but didn't

[bug #51711] non-helping error output with find

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[bug #51711] non-helping error output with find

Follow-up Comment #4, bug #51711 (project findutils): I like it - pushed at: https://git.sv.gnu.org/cgit/findutils.git/commit/?id=9530e31f6d Another follow-up (not yet pushed): * [PATCH] doc: add a NEWS entry for the previous commit ___

[bug #51711] non-helping error output with find

Follow-up Comment #3, bug #51711 (project findutils): Hello all, Since this type of erroneous usage is so common (forgetting to quote the shell glob pattern), perhaps it's worth detecting this case and giving a specific hint? See the attached (mostly untested) patch, which gives: $ touch

[bug #51711] non-helping error output with find

Update of bug #51711 (project findutils): Status:None => Fixed Assigned to:None => berny ___ Follow-up Comment #2: Pushed:

Re: [bug #51711] non-helping error output with find

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[bug #51711] non-helping error output with find

Follow-up Comment #1, bug #51711 (project findutils): Certainly the problem is real, but it's even more complicated. As far as I can tell, the error message means, "Syntactically, this is a situation where a predicate must occur, but this argument is not a predicate. It looks like what would

[bug #51711] non-helping error output with find

URL: Summary: non-helping error output with find Project: findutils Submitted by: None Submitted on: Wed 09 Aug 2017 11:12:29 PM UTC Category: find Severity: 3 -