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From: jfh@killer.UUCP (John Haugh)
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Subject: Re: impossible problem for find(1)?
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Date: Thu, 30-Apr-87 11:09:52 EDT
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Posted: Thu Apr 30 11:09:52 1987
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Summary: find . -name '*refs' -newer INDEX -print That's the ticket ...


That ought to do the trick.  '*refs' was the name of the files you were
looking for.  Find(1) does the file name matching itself, so you want to
pass the pattern, not the expansion to find(1).

- John.

"You can't spell Fred without Federalism" -- John "Fred" Haugh II.