On 03/15/2017 09:51 AM, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: [snip] >> >> Do you have file consent_extraction1.pdf in your working directory? In >> that case, your shell will begin by expending your asterisk and you will >> really look for consent_extraction1.pdf. > > It is a strange behaviour :-/ > Yes, I had a link "consent_extraction1.pdf" in a working directory and > locate could only locate: consent_extraction1.pdf > It could not find: consent_extraction.pdf > > When I removed "consent_extraction.pdf" from my working directory. > run "updatedb" and > "locate *consent_extraction*" found both files > "locate consent_extraction" found both files > "locate consent_extraction*" didn't find any files > > The "*" is is messing up the search. I was under impression the "*" will > match any character including extensions. > > -- > Thelma
Sometimes reading the "man" files helps :-/ ...If --regex is not specified, PATTERNs can contain globbing characters. If any PATTERN contains no globbing characters, locate behaves as if the pattern were *PATTERN*. -- Thelma
