Re: strange behaviour of find -iname

2018-03-27 Thread Bernhard Voelker
On 03/27/2018 12:28 PM, r...@gommes.eu wrote: >Hello! > >I am not sure this is a bug, but I fail to understand why find -iname >works differently according to the directory where I want to find >something... >root@ZB17 / # find -iname *astrill* >find: paths must precede ex

Re: strange behaviour of find -iname

2018-03-27 Thread Eric Blake
On 03/27/2018 05:28 AM, r...@gommes.eu wrote: Hello! I am not sure this is a bug, but I fail to understand why find -iname works differently according to the directory where I want to find something... Not a bug in find, but in your usage. root@ZB17 /home # find -iname *a

strange behaviour of find -iname

2018-03-27 Thread r...@gommes.eu
Hello! I am not sure this is a bug, but I fail to understand why find -iname works differently according to the directory where I want to find something... Regards René I am using Linux mint 18 Sarah root@ZB17 /home # pwd /home root@ZB17 /home # whoami root