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# 1  
Old 12-13-2007
using find command
i want to find the file msk_Rco_ijkl_20070925_033743.Z
i am using the below command but it is returning with the below metioned error
how to solve it
find . -name 'msk_Rco_ijkl_*' -mtime -60 -print
find: bad option msk_Rco_ijkl_20070925_033743.Z
find: [-H | -L] path-list predicate-list
# 2  
Old 12-13-2007
Code:
find . -name msk_Rco_ijkl_\* -mtime -60 -print

# 3  
Old 12-13-2007
hi
i gave the command like u mentioned
but i am getting things like


find: bad option msk_Rco_ijkl_20070925_033743.Z
find: [-H | -L] path-list predicate-list

i want only the file name not other things
how to do it
# 4  
Old 12-13-2007
Try it without quotes:

Code:
find . -name msk_Rco_ijkl_* -mtime -60 -print

Regards
# 5  
Old 12-13-2007
What the heck - it works for me with quotes, without quotes:

Code:
$ ls tmp/msk_Rco_ijkl_20070925_033743.Z
tmp/msk_Rco_ijkl_20070925_033743.Z
$ find . -name 'msk_Rco_ijkl_*' -mtime -60 -print
./tmp/msk_Rco_ijkl_20070925_033743.Z
$ find . -name msk_Rco_ijkl_* -mtime -60 -print
./tmp/msk_Rco_ijkl_20070925_033743.Z

Interestingly, when I supplied a bad argument, got this:

Code:
$ find -z
find: path-list predicate-list

Didn't get any mention of -H | -L. You may want to check the man for your version of find and see some examples for the supplied syntax.
# 6  
Old 12-13-2007
i am just giving this thing

find . -name msk_Rco_ijkl_* -mtime -60 -print

and i am getting

find: bad option msk_Rco_ijkl_123.Z
find: [-H | -L] path-list predicate-list
# 7  
Old 12-13-2007
could you please tell us which OS, which version and which find you are using. Pls. put here the output of the folling commands:

# uname -a
# which find

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