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		formerly_proven on Dec 10, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A common mistake involving wildcards and the find ... You can actually use expansion even in the first word, just not for searching $PATH because that'd be inefficient.

necovek on Dec 10, 2021 [–]

You are right, for some reason I was focused on the combined search-through-$PATH and glob expansion at the same time.

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