Claudio Bley, 2002-Oct-08 16:25 +0200: > On Tue, 2002-10-08 at 15:15, Robert Wilhelm Land wrote: > > This could be more a question of bash fundamentals: > > > > By trying to find Muttrc on my HDD I used the locate > > program. > > > > This was the command I ueed: > > > > rland@MINI:~$ locate [Mm]uttrc > > ... no reaction. > > <snip> > > > .....so I tried: > > > > rland@MINI:~$ locate '[Mm]uttrc' > > rland@MINI:~$ locate "[Mm]uttrc" > > ...nothing. > > > > But: > > rland@MINI:~$ locate &pi0;[Mm]uttrc' > > > > > ....put the bash into this ">" - mode and could > > only be reset by ctrl+C. > > > > What has happened here? > > I would be awfully grateful if someone would help. > > If you specify a shell pattern to search for, the file needs to match > exactly to this pattern (including the directory part). > > $ locate '*/[Mm]uttrc'
Btw Robert, The files you're trying to locate are /etc/Muttrc and /home/<user>/.muttrc jc -- Jeff Coppock Systems Engineer Diggin' Debian Admin and User -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
