encapulating a find function in a script

> I'm having a problem with a simple script I'm trying to develop.
>
> Its name is fgrep and its text is:
>
>         #!/bin/bash
>         find $1 -name $2 -exec grep -H $3 '{}' ';'
>
> I want to use it like "dgrep 'directory' 'file pattern' 'match text'.
>
> It doesn't match anything because of the $2 parameter.  If I replace
> "$2" with "*.cpp", it works.
>
> Can anybody tell me what is wrong and how to fix it?

Try putting double-quotes around the parameters, like:

	 find $1 -name "$2" -exec grep -H "$3" '{}' ';'

This works for me in a similar script, at least in the csh shell.

 -Bob Giansiracusa
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