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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Shell Script Find in File Post 302508670 by Corona688 on Monday 28th of March 2011 04:54:07 PM
Old 03-28-2011
In what way is it not expected?

I'm guessing you mean that it shows all the filenames? That's because you didn't quote $2 so it expands in the shell becoming all the names. * has a special meaning in the shell too. Quote it like "$2" to stop it expanding.

Oh well, I guess you really do have some dirs you don't have access to. The -type f should help reduce the number anyway, and the redirection will take care of it like you had before.
Last edited by Corona688; 03-28-2011 at 06:02 PM..
 

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suspend(1)							   User Commands							suspend(1)

NAME

       suspend - shell built-in function to halt the current shell

SYNOPSIS

   sh
       suspend

   csh
       suspend

   ksh
       suspend

DESCRIPTION

   sh
       Stops the execution of the current shell (but not if it is the login shell).

   csh
       Stop the shell in its tracks, much as if it had been sent a stop signal with ^Z. This is most often used to stop shells started by su.

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