Re: encapulating a find function in a script

[Jeffrey Holle <jeff.holle@verizon.net>]

No joy.
The problem appears to be the '*' character.
If I substitute an actual cpp filename, the script works.  However it 
not very useful this way.

BobGian@U.Washington.edu wrote:
>>I'm having a problem with a simple script I'm trying to develop.
>>
>>Its name is fgrep and its text is:
>>
>>        #!/bin/bash
>>        find $1 -name $2 -exec grep -H $3 '{}' ';'
>>
>>I want to use it like "dgrep 'directory' 'file pattern' 'match text'.
>>
>>It doesn't match anything because of the $2 parameter.  If I replace
>>"$2" with "*.cpp", it works.
>>
>>Can anybody tell me what is wrong and how to fix it?
> 
> 
> Try putting double-quotes around the parameters, like:
> 
> 	 find $1 -name "$2" -exec grep -H "$3" '{}' ';'
> 
> This works for me in a similar script, at least in the csh shell.
> 
>  -Bob Giansiracusa
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