[bug #51711] non-helping error output with find

[Assaf Gordon]

Follow-up Comment #3, bug #51711 (project findutils):

Hello all,

Since this type of erroneous usage is so common (forgetting to quote the shell
glob pattern), perhaps it's worth detecting this case and giving a specific
hint?

See the attached (mostly untested) patch, which gives:

  $ touch a.txt b.txt c.txt
  $ find -name *.txt
  find: paths must precede expression: `b.txt'
  find: possible unquoted pattern after predicate `-name'?


regards,
 - assaf


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