On Sun, 7 Oct 2007, Tim wrote: > On Sun, 2007-10-07 at 09:27 -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > Please specify options before other arguments. > > You simply have to rearrange the command line, it'll be an error > message about syntax. Type in the "options" before you add the > "arguments", like it tells you to. > > Look at the man file for the command you're playing with (man find), and > look at what are the options that you can use with that command. Write > those parts of your command line first, then add your arguments > afterwards, "maxdepth" is an option, "type" is an argument. > > e.g. Instead of: find <dir> -type d -maxdepth 1 > Try: find <dir> -maxdepth 1 -type d ah, now i see -- i was unaware that "-maxdepth" was officially an "argument" as opposed to an "option". thanks. rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca ========================================================================
