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> From: "Florian Kaufmann" <sensorflo@gmail.com>
> Date: 8 Mar 2006 13:28:21 -0800
> 
> find . -name '*cpp'
> But then I get
> File not found - '*cpp'
> 
> If I omit the ' it doesn't really get better. The answer now is
> FIND: Parameter format not correct

This message comes from find.exe which is part of MS-Windows and is
incompatible with GNU Find.  The Windows find.exe is something like
Grep (type "find /?" for more info).

In other words, check your PATH: you are getting the wrong executable.