find . !(*@(-e)).bib and ls -d !(*@(-e)).bib work fine in a command line, but never in a script command substitution: line 9: syntax error near unexpected token `(' ls -d !\(*@\(-e\)\).bib does not work =========================================================================== Patrick DUPRÉ | | email: pdupre@xxxxxxx Laboratoire de Physico-Chimie de l'Atmosphère | | Université du Littoral-Côte d'Opale | | Tel. (33)-(0)3 28 23 76 12 | | Fax: 03 28 65 82 44 189A, avenue Maurice Schumann | | 59140 Dunkerque, France =========================================================================== > Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2017 at 8:25 PM > From: JD <jd1008@xxxxxxxxx> > To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: LS in a script file > > > > On 04/04/2017 12:13 PM, Terry Polzin wrote: > > > > > > 2017-04-04 14:05 GMT-04:00 Patrick Dupre <pdupre@xxxxxxx > > <mailto:pdupre@xxxxxxx>>: > > > > Hello, > > > > How can I put this command in a script file? > > FILES=`ls -d !(*@(-e)).bib` > > > > I get an error because of the ( > > Have you tried to "escape" them > > > > > > FILES=`ls -d !\(*@\(-e\)\).bib` > For me, it works under bash like this: > > ls `[ ! \(*@\(-e\)\).bib ]` > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx