Why can't i "find" files *.png

Question

System: Ubuntu 11.04, regular user account:

find /usr/share -name *.wav

works okay, but if i do:

find /usr/share -name *.png

it does not produce any output

How do i change the last command to produce an output, like the first command did?

Are you really using an OS that does not receive any updates since 8,5 years?? — pLumo, Jun 12 '19 at 11:38

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 12 '19 at 11:36

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You have an unescaped * in your find. That is handled by the shell before find even sees it, so the difference in output is probably because you're in a directory currently that doesn't have wav files in it (*.wav doesn't expand), but you do have png files.

What should work for you is find /usr/share -name \*.png or -name '*.png'.

answered Jun 12 '19 at 11:36

Ulrich Schwarz

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exactly..., your post solved this..., thank you very much.- – McErroneous Jun 12 '19 at 11:42
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Why can't i "find" files *.png

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