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# 1  
Old 02-16-2009
Problem in using wildcard characters in xargs with find
Hi,

Under my parent diectory I have directory named "Response" in many of its subfolders. I am interested to see all files with extention .pro in Response Directory. I am giving following command -


find . -name "Response" -type d | xargs -i ls -lrt {}/*.pro
but it is not giving result.

Please help.
# 2  
Old 02-16-2009
try placing a back slash before it.

ie: \*
# 3  
Old 02-19-2009
Thans Frank for ur response, but it is still not working.

find . -name "Response" -type d | xargs -i ls -lrt {}/\*.pro

above command still giving same error.

Please help.
# 4  
Old 02-19-2009
Seems a little over complicated. Try this.

find ./Response -type f -name \*.pro -exec ls -lrt {} \;
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