Manuel Mussini said...
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|Does anybody know why this sequence does not work (under bash on SLF3.0.5)?
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|ext="log"
|files=`find . -name '*.${ext}' -print`
|echo $files
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|I think that the syntax is correct! Isn't it?

No.

The single quotes around the file name keeps
${ext} from expanding.  Usesingle quotes:

   files=`find . -name "*.${ext}" -print`

-Miles