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OK.<br />
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An alternate web site propsed find . -name &quot;xxx&quot; and that was also acceptable.<br />
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How would I have derived either of these from the man pages?
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OK.

An alternate web site propsed find . -name "xxx" and that was also acceptable.

How would I have derived either of these from the man pages?

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Well to start with, ./ or . means the current directory in unix. Also something that looks like $BLA is most probably a variable :). And $PRODUCT_TOP was not defined. You can use any directory or expresion that will result in a directory in find's &quot;path-list&quot;. Try again and experience the wanders of *nices ;)
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Well to start with, ./ or . means the current directory in unix. Also something that looks like $BLA is most probably a variable :). And $PRODUCT_TOP was not defined. You can use any directory or expresion that will result in a directory in find's "path-list". Try again and experience the wanders of *nices ;)

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huh? &quot;wanders of *nices&quot; wuzzat?
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The lovely world of UNIXes.
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I have read the man pages for find, and am trying to follow the syntax and examples.<br />
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I try &quot;find $PRODUCT_TOP -name l8041090.req&quot;<br />
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and get: &quot;ksh: find: path-list predicate-list&quot;<br />
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which I assume is find's way of saying what it expects.<br />
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Some of the examples show the predicate list in (). When I try: &quot;find $PRODUCT_TOP ( -name l8041090.req )&quot;<br />
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I get: &quot;ksh: syntax error: `(' unexpected&quot;.<br />
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What's the right way to use find? And almost equally important, what should I study to understand man pages?
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I have read the man pages for find, and am trying to follow the syntax and examples.

I try "find $PRODUCT_TOP -name l8041090.req"

and get: "ksh: find: path-list predicate-list"

which I assume is find's way of saying what it expects.

Some of the examples show the predicate list in (). When I try: "find $PRODUCT_TOP ( -name l8041090.req )"

I get: "ksh: syntax error: `(' unexpected".

What's the right way to use find? And almost equally important, what should I study to understand man pages?

Newbie ? find command syntax

Operating systems perform basic tasks, such as recognizing input from the keyboard, sending output to the display screen, keeping track of files and directories on the disk, and controlling peripheral devices such as disk drives and printers. For large systems, the operating system makes sure that different programs and users running at the same time do not interfere with each other. The operating system is also responsible for security, ensuring that unauthorized users do not access the system. Operating systems provide a software platform on top of which other programs, called application programs, can run.