4 examples

example-find.txt (text/plain), 921 bytes, created by Jimmy.Jazz on 2011-04-27 13:17:47 UTC

funA() {
	local a=$1
	local b=$2
	local c="$3"
	local l

	echo find "$a" -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 $b ${c:+-name "$c"}
	l=$(command find "$a" -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 $b ${c:+-name "$c"})

	echo $l
}

funB() {
	local a=$1
	local b=$2
	local c="$3"
	local l

	echo find "$a" -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 $b $c
	l=$(eval command find "$a" -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 $b $c)

	echo $l
}

find() {
	local a=$1
	local c="$2"
	local l

	echo find "$a" -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 ${c:+-name} "$c"
	l=$(command find "$a" -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 $b ${c:+-name "$c"})

	echo $l
}

# arg b is only to illustrate an "unused" argument
# command avoid loops and collision when the same name is involved for both a function and a command

cd /
echo 'working funA()'
funA '/' '' 'lib*'

echo 'working funB() with eval'
funB '/' '' "-name 'lib*'"

echo 'working find() <-- my favorite'
find '/' 'lib*'

echo 'working find() <-- my favorite'
find '/' ""