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Re: find and it uncommon syntax - grrrrrrrrr

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Hello,

On Sat, Feb 10, 2024 at 06:03:39PM -0500, gene heskett wrote:
> On 2/10/24 15:55, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> > find . -iname 'bpim5*shelf.scad'
> 
> Thank you Greg, it worked and 4 more copies are under construction now, but
> why is this not in the man page? Mind boggling.

Why can Gene not locate "iname" when it's right there in the "find"
man page? Mind boggling.

Why can Gene not type "how do I use GNU find to find a file by
name" into a web search engine and read any of the several links on
the first page of results? Mind boggling.

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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