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Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2002 16:36:15 -0800
From: "Crist J . Clark" <cjc@FreeBSD.ORG>
To: Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz>
Cc: Joe Rodrigues <jxr2000@tmlp.com>,
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Subject: Re: Find command
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On Sun, Jan 20, 2002 at 11:24:06AM +1300, Jonathan Chen wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 19, 2002 at 05:18:14PM -0500, Joe Rodrigues wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I am having problems (to say the least) with this command. My frustration
> > level has been raised to new heights.
> > 
> > Can anybody tell me what is wrong with the syntax bellow.
> > 
> > 1. find -name xinitrc
> > 
> > 2. find -f /usr/X11R6 -name xinitrc
> > 
> > 
> > The first command it does not recognize the -name primary
> 
> The first argument to find(1) must be a pathname.
> 
>     find /usr/X11R6 -name xinitrc -print

...Or list of pathnames.

  $ find /usr/bin /usr/sbin bin -name somefile

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