>> I'm having trouble with this again. I get:
>>
>> # ls -l /var/cache/revdep-rebuild
>> total 424
>> -rwx-- 1 root portage 699 Feb 28 16:52 0_env.rr
>> -rwx-- 1 root portage 323445 Feb 28 16:38 1_files.rr
>> -rwx-- 1 root portage 34387 Feb 28 16:38 2_ldpath.rr
>> -rwx-- 1 root
Grant writes:
> I'm having trouble with this again. I get:
>
> # ls -l /var/cache/revdep-rebuild
> total 424
> -rwx-- 1 root portage699 Feb 28 16:52 0_env.rr
> -rwx-- 1 root portage 323445 Feb 28 16:38 1_files.rr
> -rwx-- 1 root portage 34387 Feb 28 16:38 2_ldpath.rr
> -rwx-
>>> I used to use slocate like this to search the filesystem for a file:
>>>
>>> foo*.txt
>>>
>>> but mlocate doesn't seem to accept wildcards. I tried to figure out
>>> how to do it with find but failed. Can anyone point me in the right
>>> direction?
>>>
>>> - Grant
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Try locate "*/
>> I can't get find to work. This works:
>>
>> locate *foo*.txt
>>
>> but none of these work:
>>
>> find /my/folder -name foo*.txt
>> find /my/folder -name *foo*.txt
>> find /my/folder -type f -name '*foo*.txt'
>
> $ mkdir -p /my/folder
> mkdir: cannot create directory `/my': Permission denied
>
On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 06:52:36AM +, Stroller wrote:
> AIUI using `find /my/folder -name foo*.txt` (i.e. unquoted) the shell will
> pass the * to find if it can't expand it itself.
Not necessarily true.
On bash if you set the 'nullglob' option, if the shell can't find the
file the word wil
On 27/2/2011, at 6:30am, Alan McKinnon wrote:
> On Sunday 27 February 2011 03:46:48 Stroller wrote:
>> On 26/2/2011, at 5:33pm, Grant wrote:
>>>
>>> find /my/folder -type f -name '*foo*.txt'
>>
>
> He didn't quote the search string and neither did the grandparent. Find will
> do what he's aski
On 26/2/2011, at 5:33pm, Grant wrote:
> I can't get find to work. This works:
>
> locate *foo*.txt
>
> but none of these work:
>
> find /my/folder -name foo*.txt
> find /my/folder -name *foo*.txt
> find /my/folder -type f -name '*foo*.txt'
$ mkdir -p /my/folder
mkdir: cannot create directory
> >> I used to use slocate like this to search the filesystem for a file:
> >>
> >> foo*.txt
> >>
> >> but mlocate doesn't seem to accept wildcards. I tried to figure out
> >> how to do it with find but failed. Can anyone point me in the right
> >> direction?
> >>
> >> - Grant
> >
> > How about t
on 2011-02-26 at 09:33 Grant wrote:
>I can't get find to work. This works:
>
>locate *foo*.txt
>
>but none of these work:
>
>find /my/folder -name foo*.txt
>find /my/folder -name *foo*.txt
>find /my/folder -type f -name '*foo*.txt'
>
>What am I doing wrong? I do need the find to be recursive in
>> I used to use slocate like this to search the filesystem for a file:
>>
>> foo*.txt
>>
>> but mlocate doesn't seem to accept wildcards. I tried to figure out
>> how to do it with find but failed. Can anyone point me in the right
>> direction?
>>
>> - Grant
>
> How about this?
>
> find -name fo
>> I used to use slocate like this to search the filesystem for a file:
>>
>> foo*.txt
>>
>> but mlocate doesn't seem to accept wildcards. I tried to figure out
>> how to do it with find but failed. Can anyone point me in the right
>> direction?
>>
>> - Grant
>>
>>
>
> Try locate "*/foo*.txt". ml
Amankwah (Sat, 26 Feb 2011 11:19:22 +0800):
> On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 06:26:51PM -0800, Grant wrote:
> > I used to use slocate like this to search the filesystem for a file:
> >
> > foo*.txt
> >
> > but mlocate doesn't seem to accept wildcards. I tried to figure out
> > how to do it with find bu
On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 10:19 PM, Amankwah wrote:
> How about this?
>
> find -name foo*.txt ?
Why would you scan the entire file system when you have an speedy index?
On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 9:26 PM, Grant wrote:
> I used to use slocate like this to search the filesystem for a file:
>
> foo*.txt
>
> but mlocate doesn't seem to accept wildcards. I tried to figure out
> how to do it with find but failed. Can anyone point me in the right
> direction?
>
> - Grant
On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 06:26:51PM -0800, Grant wrote:
> I used to use slocate like this to search the filesystem for a file:
>
> foo*.txt
>
> but mlocate doesn't seem to accept wildcards. I tried to figure out
> how to do it with find but failed. Can anyone point me in the right
> direction?
>
I used to use slocate like this to search the filesystem for a file:
foo*.txt
but mlocate doesn't seem to accept wildcards. I tried to figure out
how to do it with find but failed. Can anyone point me in the right
direction?
- Grant
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