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Re: mc finds more than `find` finds?

From William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.misc, alt.os.linux.debian, alt.os.linux.slackware
Subject Re: mc finds more than `find` finds?
Date 2015-11-29 20:07 +0000
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <n3fltt$eqm$1@dont-email.me> (permalink)
References (2 earlier) <n3cjvm$5v8$1@dont-email.me> <n3cq2q$t2i$1@dont-email.me> <n3cqud$25a$1@dont-email.me> <87y4dh7sol.fld@barrow.com> <martijn-A8CAB7.16351529112015@news.individual.net>

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On 2015-11-29, Martijn Dekker <martijn@inlv.demon.nl> wrote:
> In article <87y4dh7sol.fld@barrow.com>,
>  floyd@apaflo.com (Floyd L. Davidson) wrote:
>
>> Both opening and closing braces are reserved words.
>
> Yes, '{' and '}' are reserved words, but '{}' is not a reserved word. 
> (Something can only be a "word" if it's separated by blanks.)
>
> In any case the concept of a reserved word doesn't apply to command 
> arguments, so it's moot.

Of course it does. The shell interprets everything before the command
ever sees it.  If you put it into '' then the shell would not see it. 

Anyway, the OP was wondering why his command did not work. Why do you
not come up with an explanation?
This discussion is going way offtrack. 

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mc finds more than `find` finds? WhoCares@gmail.com - 2015-11-28 00:37 +0000
  Re: mc finds more than `find` finds? William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2015-11-28 00:52 +0000
    Re: mc finds more than `find` finds? Arkadiusz Drabczyk <arkadiusz@domain.invalid> - 2015-11-28 16:15 +0000
      Re: mc finds more than `find` finds? William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2015-11-28 17:59 +0000
        Re: mc finds more than `find` finds? Teemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi> - 2015-11-28 20:07 +0200
          Re: mc finds more than `find` finds? William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2015-11-28 20:44 +0000
            Re: mc finds more than `find` finds? Teemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi> - 2015-11-29 12:41 +0200
        Re: mc finds more than `find` finds? Arkadiusz Drabczyk <arkadiusz@domain.invalid> - 2015-11-28 18:14 +0000
          Re: mc finds more than `find` finds? floyd@apaflo.com (Floyd L. Davidson) - 2015-11-28 11:52 -0900
            Re: mc finds more than `find` finds? Martijn Dekker <martijn@inlv.demon.nl> - 2015-11-29 16:35 +0100
              Re: mc finds more than `find` finds? floyd@apaflo.com (Floyd L. Davidson) - 2015-11-29 10:49 -0900
                Re: mc finds more than `find` finds? Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2015-11-29 20:24 +0000
                Re: mc finds more than `find` finds? floyd@apaflo.com (Floyd L. Davidson) - 2015-11-29 14:09 -0900
                Re: mc finds more than `find` finds? Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2015-11-30 09:24 +0000
                Re: mc finds more than `find` finds? Eef Hartman <E.J.M.Hartman@gmail.com> - 2015-11-30 10:08 +0000
              Re: mc finds more than `find` finds? William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2015-11-29 20:07 +0000
              Re: mc finds more than `find` finds? Eef Hartman <E.J.M.Hartman@gmail.com> - 2015-11-29 20:10 +0000
            Re: mc finds more than `find` finds? no.top.post@gmail.com - 2016-01-04 23:07 +0000
              Re: mc finds more than `find` finds? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2016-01-04 23:27 +0000
                Re: mc finds more than `find` finds? Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2016-01-04 19:28 -0500
                Re: mc finds more than `find` finds? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2016-01-05 14:04 +0000
                Re: mc finds more than `find` finds? Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2016-01-05 18:12 +0000
              Re: mc finds more than `find` finds? Jerry Peters <jerry@example.invalid> - 2016-01-05 21:05 +0000
  Re: mc finds more than `find` finds? marrgol <marrgol@address.invalid> - 2015-11-28 02:22 +0100
  Re: mc finds more than `find` finds? Joe Beanfish <joebeanfish@nospam.duh> - 2015-11-30 15:59 +0000
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