"find: unknown predicate" with folder names
by smartdba from LinuxQuestions.org on (#4SBDQ)
Hi
I have several folders with starting with a "-" in the folder names. They work with most commands, but the find command fails with and unknown predicate. I tried single quotes, double quotes, e\ etc.. but no luck.
Folder example
drwxrwxr-x 2 user group 6 Oct 11 10:33 - test
[user@machine ~]$ find "- test" -name "*.jpeg"
find: unknown predicate `- test'
[user@machine ~]$ find '- test' -name "*.jpeg"
find: unknown predicate `- test'
Please help!
Joe
I have several folders with starting with a "-" in the folder names. They work with most commands, but the find command fails with and unknown predicate. I tried single quotes, double quotes, e\ etc.. but no luck.
Folder example
drwxrwxr-x 2 user group 6 Oct 11 10:33 - test
[user@machine ~]$ find "- test" -name "*.jpeg"
find: unknown predicate `- test'
[user@machine ~]$ find '- test' -name "*.jpeg"
find: unknown predicate `- test'
Please help!
Joe