help writing a search bash function

kriz · 2012-01-31 00:33:38

hi
i want to make me a bash function which executes find -iname '*[foo]*'

my try

function search {
find -iname '*$1*'
}

didn't work

Gusar · 2012-01-31 00:37:51

search() {
  find -iname '*$1*'
}

jasonwryan · 2012-01-31 00:43:22

What about:

find -iname "*$1*"

karol · 2012-01-31 12:00:56

Use double quotes, like jasonwryan suggested.

'man bash', section QUOTING has some info on this:

       There  are  three  quoting  mechanisms:  the  escape character, single
       quotes, and double quotes.
...
       Enclosing characters in single quotes preserves the literal  value  of
       each  character  within  the  quotes.
...
       The  special  parameters  *  and @ have special meaning when in double
       quotes (see PARAMETERS below)

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