[Sunhelp] Strange find behavior

Reagen Ward ward at zilla.nu
Mon Jul 24 14:17:10 CDT 2000


Try escaping the * with a \, like \*log.

Reagen
On Mon, Jul 24, 2000 at 01:35:52PM -0500, Kalusniak, Jeff wrote:
> Here's a wierd one!  
> 
> If I do a "find /local/logs -name *log"  I get no files listed 
> on server1.  If I do "find /local/logs -name *.log"  (notice 
> the (.) period in the second version) I see the log files.
> 
> On server2, both commands produce the same file listing.
> 
> To recap, on server1, the *log qualifier produces no file listing.
> But, the *.log qualifier does.  On server2, they both produce 
> the file listing.  
> 
> Server1 and Server2 are identical (Or so I thought) 2.6 machines.
> The have the same log files, etc.
> 
> Any ideas?????  Must be a setting somewhere.
> 
> Thanks in advance!
> 
> Jeff Kalusniak
> Goliath Falls Inc.
> 
> 
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