rich@eddie.MIT.EDU (Richard Caloggero) (04/23/88)
Can anyone tell me why this script doesn't print anything?
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#!/bin/sh
set -vx
names="-name '*.c' -o -name '*t*'"
find . \( $names \) -print
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It doesn't print anything!
Thanx in advance.
----- Results of running the above script ... -----
Script started on Fri Apr 22 15:40:09 1988
%
% test.sh^U
chmod a+x test.sh
% test.sh
names="-name '*.c' -o -name '*t*'"
names=-name '*.c' -o -name '*t*'
find . \( $names \) -print
+ find . ( -name '*.c' -o -name '*t*' ) -print
% exit
%
script done on Fri Apr 22 15:41:02 1988
Could you mail me the answers since I don't
read these groups.
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