[lug] Puzzle with find

[D. Stimits]

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>[root at rl6-182-196-dhcp ~]# /usr/bin/find / -name *install*
>/usr/bin/find: paths must precede expression
>Usage: /usr/bin/find [path...] [expression]
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Try quoting *install*. I'm guessing that what you are seeing is some 
sort of shell expansion/substitution which is feeding something other 
than the "*" to find. E.G.:
find / -name "*install*"

D. Stimits, stimits AT comcast DOT net