SOLVED Re: F16 Help with find.

Frank Murphy frankly3d at gmail.com
Thu Apr 5 10:02:29 UTC 2012


On 05/04/12 10:35, Sjoerd Mullender wrote:
> On 2012-04-05 11:07, Ralf Corsepius wrote:
>> On 04/05/2012 09:31 AM, Frank Murphy wrote:
>>> Error from logwatch:
>>> find: paths must precede expression: (-name
>>> Usage: find [-H] [-L] [-P] [-Olevel] [-D
>>> help|tree|search|stat|rates|opt|exec] [path...] [expression]
>>>
>>>
>>> find /nfs/yum/16/i386/_local/packages -type f ! \(-name 'autoplus*' -o
>> Try adding a "-a" here ........................^
>>
>> (Between "-type f" and "!")
>
> No, not necessary.  Instead, add a space between \( and -name.
>

Thanks Ralf and Sjoerd


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Regards,
Frank
"Jack of all, fubars"


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