On Sun, Dec 25, 2016 at 09:09:38PM -0500, bruce wrote:
> Ok..
>
> Maybe too much xmas glee...
>
> Sample files
> 1.2.3.4_foo.dat
>
> 11.2.3.4_foo.dat
>
> 1.22.33.4_foo.dat
>
> etc.....
>
> the fillenames follow the ipAddress format..
>
> Trying to craft a simple find with regex/pattern to find the files.
>
> find / -name "*[0-9]{3}*" << doesn't work
>
First, none of the files you show match your expression, even if it
was interpreted as a regular expression. None have 3 consecutive digits.
Second, man find(1). -name != -regex. And see also -regextype.
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Jon H. LaBadie jonfu@xxxxxxxxxx
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