Same linux command returning different results?

[MrBlack]

Hey Community

So I've come across a weird anomaly in Datastage that I can't figure out. I have a directory of symbolic links that point to a mounted drive. I use the Linux FIND command to make a comma delimited list that I can later loop through.

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find *.dbf | tr '\n' ','

I execute this in a sequence command stage. It only finds 7 out of 50 files. I visually checked, ensuring case-sensitivity. I make a copy of the sequence and execute; the copy finds all 50. The Linux command is EXACTLY the same in each sequence but one job returns 7 the other returns 50. Executing the command in a shell window returns all 50. So I'm really scratching my head on this one.

[ArndW]

It might be best to also explicitly define the command, i.e. "find /path/to/start/directory -name *.dbf -print".

[ray.wurlod]

Check the two commands again, looking for invisible characters such as space or tab.