in reply to Re^2: Use of special character "*" to retrieve the contents
in thread Use of special character "*" to retrieve the contents

"... the latter recurses..."

But fortunately there is -maxdepth 0. From find:

-maxdepth n Always true; descend at most n directory levels below the + command line arguments. If any -maxdepth primary is specified, it applies to the entire +expression even if it would not normally be evaluated. ``-maxdepth 0'' limits the whole +search to the command line argu- ments.

Best regards, Karl

«The Crux of the Biscuit is the Apostrophe»

Furthermore I consider that Donald Trump must be impeached as soon as possible