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OK here is my problem. Ive been trying to write a script where i use the order "find".

For example if i wont to find some file in the sql_work directory using the script. You use the command: loc sql_work "q*" in order to find all the queries in the directory.
Is there any other way to do it, like for example: loc sql_work q* without using the " " which secure the argument from the shell?

Here is the script:

#! /bin/csh
if($#argv == 0) then
echo Usage is $0 path filename
echo or $0 filename
exit 1
endif
if($#argv == 1) then
foreach arg($argv)
set tmp = `find ~ -name "$arg"` >& /dev/null
if("$tmp" != "") then
echo $tmp
else
echo No files matching name "$argv[1]"
exit 1
endif
end
exit 0
endif
if($#argv == 2) then
if(! -e "$argv[1]") then
echo "$argv[1]" not valid directory
exit 2
endif
set tmp = `find ~/"$argv[1]" -name "$argv[2]"` >& /dev/null
if("$tmp" != "") then
echo $tmp
else
echo No files matching name "$argv[2]"
exit 1
endif
exit 0

endif



Thank you in advance!!!Smilie
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NAME
service - run a System V init script SYNOPSIS
service SCRIPT COMMAND [OPTIONS] service --status-all service --help | -h | --version DESCRIPTION
service runs a System V init script in as predictable an environment as possible, removing most environment variables and with the current working directory set to /. The SCRIPT parameter specifies a System V init script, located in /etc/init.d/SCRIPT. The supported values of COMMAND depend on the invoked script. service passes COMMAND and OPTIONS to the init script unmodified. All scripts should support at least the start and stop commands. As a special case, if COMMAND is --full-restart, the script is run twice, first with the stop command, then with the start com- mand. service --status-all runs all init scripts, in alphabetical order, with the status command. EXIT CODES
service calls the init script and returns the status returned by it. FILES
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