Re: find and it uncommon syntax - grrrrrrrrr

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Hello,

On Sat, Feb 10, 2024 at 03:46:09PM -0500, gene heskett wrote:
> I have misplaced file someplace in /home/gene.
> its name is bpim5*shelf.scad
> As usual it outputs 100,000 filenames, none of which is the one I am looking
> for. How in heck do you shut this thing up so it only spits out
> /the/path/to/the/file its looking for it it even found it?

Gene and his inability as usual to show us what he has tried and the
output he got - grrrrrrrrr

> And where do I put that as an alias, in my .bashrc?

find is an extremely flexible command that can do a lot of different
queries so to get any sort of meaningful answer to this you'd have
to show us what exactly you tried.

Thanks,
Andy

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find and it uncommon syntax - grrrrrrrrr gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2024-02-10 21:50 +0100
  Re: find and it uncommon syntax - grrrrrrrrr Nicholas Geovanis <nickgeovanis@gmail.com> - 2024-02-10 22:00 +0100
    Re: find and it uncommon syntax - grrrrrrrrr Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2024-02-10 22:10 +0100
      Re: find and it uncommon syntax - grrrrrrrrr gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2024-02-11 01:30 +0100
  Re: find and it uncommon syntax - grrrrrrrrr Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2024-02-10 22:00 +0100
    Re: find and it uncommon syntax - grrrrrrrrr gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2024-02-11 00:10 +0100
      Re: find and it uncommon syntax - grrrrrrrrr Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2024-02-11 00:30 +0100
  Re: find and it uncommon syntax - grrrrrrrrr Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2024-02-11 00:30 +0100

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