Find: Path Must Precede Expression: 2

This page answers questions like these:

• Why am I getting this “find: path must precede expression: 2” error?
  
• Where is “find: path must precede expression: 2” coming from?
  
• What is causing the error “find: path must precede expression: 2”?
  

Find Path Must Precede Expression:

• This bizarre error often occurs when you’re using the wrong shell! – You think you’re using bash, ksh, or sh, but you’re actually using csh!
• When using csh, there is no easy way to redirect only stderr. If you want to redirect both stdout and stderr in csh you can use “>&”. In fact, “>&” works the same way in bash, and so does “&>”.
• If you want to easily redirect only stderr, use a different shell, e.g. bash, ksh, or sh.