[X-Unix] script question (cron - adobefnt*.lst)

[Robar J Philip]

On Jan 8, 2004, at 1:20 PM, Juan Manuel Palacios wrote:

> find -x / -name "AdobeFnt*.lst" -exec rm -f {} \;
>
> Read about it in the man page for a more complete explanation than 
> what I can reproduce here. Finally, I'd double quote the searched 
> string with wild card just to be safe..., call me paranoid!

Actually double quotes are less "safe". Double quotes allow for 
variable interpolation before the string gets to find-which you don't 
want. Use single quotes to preserve the wild cards in the search 
string.

Phil