[bug #58170] find . -name "ba*.tmp" fails if more than 1 match (windows 10)

[Jim Cant]

URL:
  <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?58170>

                 Summary: find . -name "ba*.tmp" fails if more than 1 match
(windows 10)
                 Project: findutils
            Submitted by: jimcant
            Submitted on: Mon 13 Apr 2020 04:17:41 PM UTC
                Category: find
                Severity: 3 - Normal
              Item Group: Wrong result
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: Jim Cant
        Originator Email: 
             Open/Closed: Open
                 Release: 4.2.20
         Discussion Lock: Any
           Fixed Release: None

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Details:

This is on Windows 10.  If the file pattern matches more than one file, the
search fails with a 'paths must precede expression' message.  Happens if
patter is not quoted, single quote, or double quoted.  (It is as if the
pattern is getting expanded as on Unix when not quoted.)

Here's is screen shot of several commands that illustrate the issue:  when
trying various matchs with wildcards against 3 files, the only ones that work
are when a pattern matches only one file.

T:\>ls b*.tmp
bag.tmp   bat.tmp   bug.tmp

T:\>find . -name "bu*.tmp"
./bug.tmp

T:\>find . -name "ba*.tmp"
find: paths must precede expression
Usage: find [-H] [-L] [-P] [path...] [expression]

T:\>find . -name "bag*.tmp"
./bag.tmp

T:\>find . -name bag*.tmp -o -name bat*.tmp
./bag.tmp
./bat.tmp

T:\>find . -name bag*.tmp bat*.tmp
find: paths must precede expression
Usage: find [-H] [-L] [-P] [path...] [expression]




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