Re: find doesn't work

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From: Matthew Dillon
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 18:19

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In article <3096@news.cerf.net> jerry@unit.org writes:
>
>When I update the find database (/usr/lib/find/updatedb) and run
>find 'word' I get no response. This worked in 2.0. Has anyone
>run into this same problem?
>
>--
>----
>Jerry
>jerry@gristle.com

    You have to supply wildcards now... I personally believe it's a bug, it
    should default to the old operation if you supply an argument with no
    wildcarding.

    % find "*word*"

					-Matt
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Subject: Re: find doesn't work
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