long string using find and "-exec ls -ls" to find part-of filename

[Gary Kline]

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On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 01:04:50PM +0800, Gregory Orange wrote:
> On 30/06/14 12:56, Gary Kline wrote:
> >how, using the find utility and no temp files, can I get a ls -lsi
> >listing of something like:
> >	"foo.tar"  andOr
> >	"foo.tgz" andOr
> >	"foo.tar.gz"
> 
> How about this?
> find . -name foo.tar -o -name foo.tgz -o -name foo.tar.gz|xargs ls -lsi


	yup.  then WHY O WHY O WHY doesnt this work::

	find . -name "foo.t*" |xargs ls -lsi 

	work?  is it only my memory [[delusional] that made me think that
	"foo.t*" expanded into your cmd string??  I thought the "*"
	expanded into what you have to save the hacker typing/keystrokes.

	thanks!

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