On Mon, 07 Jun 2004 13:27:05 +0200 Chadley Wilson <chadley at pinteq.co.za> wrote: > find /home '(file)*' > this interprets the everything between the quotes as is. > but I still get invalid predicate. As the others said before, you need to use the -name option: find /home -name '(file)*' Cheers, Sean