variable assignment find -name output csh

[jkkenley]

Greetings fellow Linux users! I use Linux regularly, but I am still learning!

I am trying to move a bunch of files that are in nested sub directories into one common folder. They all end in .dcm. To do this in the past I have done the following:

foreach sub (subject1 subject2 . . .subjectn)

pushd $sub
mkdir common_folder
set files = (`find ./ -name "*dcm"`)
mv $files ./common_folder
popd

end

For some reason this is only working for a portion of the subjects. For the others, this is happening:

set: No match

But when I'm in that subject's directory and execute
find ./ -name "*dcm" (no tilted quotes, var assignment, etc)
I see a list of the files I want to move and their paths. So then I do this:
set files = (`find ./ -name "*dcm"`)
and I get
set: No match.

I have tried the following:

set dcms = "*dcm"
set files = (`find ./ -name "${dcms}"`)

set files = (find ./ -name "${dcms}")

set files = `find ./ -name "${dcms}"`

set files = (`find ./ -name \*dcm`)

set files = ( `find ./ -name "*dcm" -print` )

set files = ( `find ./ -print -name "*dcm"` )

set files = (`find ./ -print`)

What, pray tell, am I missing?

[jkkenley]

Figured it out. I actually wasn't doing anything wrong. The file structure, which I do not do by the way, had sub directories that contained "--" and "<>". When I tried to set it to a variable name, Linux didn't like it. But can any one tell me why Linux doesn't like "--" and "<>" in folder names? Much obliged!