Computer Science Canada Unix Filenames help |
| Author: | jamonathin [ Sat Sep 22, 2007 10:28 am ] | ||
| Post subject: | Unix Filenames help | ||
Hey all, I need to find a count all 4 letter files that start with a, s, r, t in a user-specified directory. I can't for the life of me figure this out or find bits of help on it. What i have so far only lists the t's (from the user-specified /bin for now), but the problem is, it also includes crap like "panel-test-applets" and "test-moniker" in the count. This is all i've been able to come up with, im not shure on how to also search for the s, r and a with that
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| Author: | Mazer [ Sat Sep 22, 2007 12:30 pm ] |
| Post subject: | RE:Unix Filenames help |
Can't you use '?' as a wildcard for just a single character? |
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| Author: | jamonathin [ Sat Sep 22, 2007 12:48 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Unix Filenames help |
Thats what i thought at first, because thats what you can do with many other commands, but it doesn't work, and in this case, the ' . ' substitutes for the ' ? ' (took me a while to find that out). but i could probabily be wrong, using the wrong syntax |
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| Author: | OneOffDriveByPoster [ Sun Sep 23, 2007 9:11 am ] | ||
| Post subject: | Re: Unix Filenames help | ||
maybe
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| Author: | jamonathin [ Sun Sep 23, 2007 3:08 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Unix Filenames help |
That works perfectly, thanks a million man - and it's quite simple to understand. + Bits |
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