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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers [Solved] weird in find -exec command Post 302694011 by vbe on Thursday 30th of August 2012 05:13:31 AM
Old 08-30-2012
I dont understand like you where filename consist of *test*, but look in directories having test in their directory name... and so the output isnt so weird...
if you wanted filename as *test* you should have used the -name option...
 

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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN

atsopt

atsopt(1)						      General Commands Manual							 atsopt(1)

NAME

       atsopt - ATS to C compiler

SYNOPSIS

       atsopt <command>...

DESCRIPTION

       atsopt is the compiler from ATS to C.  It is most commonly invoked by atscc which is the preferred frontend for compiling ATS code.

COMMANDS

       atsopt takes a number of commands with parameters to determine its behavior:

       -d, --dynamic <filenames>
	      Dynamically load the filenames.

       --debug=1
	      Enable generation of debugging information.

       -dep, --depgen
	      Generate dependency lists.

       -h, --help
	      Print the usage information.

       -o, --output <filename>
	      Specify the output filename.

       --posmark_html
	      Generate an HTML file with colored concrete syntax.

       --posmark_xref
	      Generate an HTML file with syntactic cross-references.

       -s, --static <filenames>
	      Statically load the filenames.

       -tc, --typecheck
	      Typecheck the given ATS source files, but go no further.

       -v, --version
	      Show ATS/Anairiats version and gcc version.

EXAMPLES

       atsopt -o test.c -d test.dats

       Compile test.dats to a C file.

       atsopt -tc -d test.dats

       Typecheck test.dats only.

       atsopt -o test.html -d test.dats --posmark_html

       Write a syntax colored version of test.dats.

SEE ALSO

       atscc(1), atslex(1).
       These programs are documented fully by The ATS/Anairiats user's manual available via the web at http://www.ats-lang.org/

AUTHOR

       atsopt was written by Hongwei Xi.

       This manual page was written by Matthew Danish <mrd@debian.org>, for the Debian project (and may be used by others).

								 February 22, 2010							 atsopt(1)
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