On 12/18/20 11:07 PM, Jeff Silverman wrote: > Why would > > find . -iname "dir*" > > not work?
Of course it works, but the question was about "How to have a starting directory with a specification [...]?" I just tried to clarify that all starting points are taken literally. It's always a bit hard to guess what the actual use case is about without a concrete example, a reproducer. Have a nice day, Berny