Cortlandt Wilson asks:

>Why can't I find the profile file with the find command?

>shell/iX> find /etc -name p*

This gets confusing ... but that's what we're here for.
In this case, you've used a wildcard that the shell
expands and then feed to the find command. You didn't
get what you'd intended. When you use wildcards, there
are certain cases where they need to be quoted and
this is one. So, the command should be:

find /etc -name "p*"

Regards,


M.

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