in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, wrote Bill Moran thusly... > > >From: Shantanu Mahajan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > the wildcard, thus the limit doesn't affect the command. > > >or maybe you can use "locate" > > Hadn't thought to try that, although I don't know how it would > work.
RTFM? locate(1)? given a path name, it lists the file matching that pattern. man page state that it takes a "pattern". in practice i find its capabilities are rather restricted; using e?grep is much better... locate foo | grep 'foo$' - parv -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
