title: how to use unix find with parametrized argument?
body: <pre><code>echo $EXEC_DATE
  
  20131002
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Now, i m trying to exlude the files that has this date in their names.
  I m running this: </p>
  
  <pre><code>find . -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -type f -not -name '*{$EXEC_DATE}*' -print0
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>but no joy.</p>
  
  <p>What might I be missing?</p>