Re: find command in cygwin

[Shankar Unni <shankarunni at netscape dot net>]

lin q wrote:

> $ find . -type f -print
> find: paths must precede expression
> Usage: find [-H] [-L] [-P] [path...] [expression]
>
>  Do you see anything wrong?
>
> $ which find
> /usr/bin/find

This combo means that you have C:\Windows\System32 in your PATH 
environment before C:\cygwin\bin. Either flip these around, or in your 
.bashrc, prepend /usr/bin to the PATH.

If you had followed http://cygwin.com/problems.html , we might not have 
to read minds or use other psychic/telepathic access to debug this..


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