find -regex not working?

find -regex not working?

[Glen Cordrey]

If I understand the find man page, the -regex option isn't working for =
me.

find -regex 'MyFile.java'

lists the file, but

find -regex 'MyFile*'

doesn't. Am I specifying the regular expression correctly? If so, what=20
else do I need to do for this to work?

Glen Cordrey         gcordrey@convera.com

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Re: find -regex not working?

[Randall R Schulz]

Glen,


[ Non-Cygwin-specific question and answer. ]


If you want shell-style (a.k.a., "glob") patterns, use find's "-name" or 
"-iname" options. When you use "-regexp" you need to use full regular 
expressions such as those used by "grep," "egrep," "sed," or Perl.


To get the effect you want, one of these commands is called for:

         find -name "MyFile*"

or

         find -regex "MyFile.*"


Randall Schulz
Mountain View, CA USA


At 09:10 2002-07-12, Glen Cordrey wrote:
>If I understand the find man page, the -regex option isn't working for me.
>
>find -regex 'MyFile.java'
>
>lists the file, but
>
>find -regex 'MyFile*'
>
>doesn't. Am I specifying the regular expression correctly? If so, what 
>else do I need to do for this to work?
>
>Glen Cordrey


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