On Tue, 4 Apr 2017 15:10:44 -0700 Gordon Messmer <gordon.messmer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 04/04/2017 02:35 PM, Patrick Dupre wrote: > > I want to list all the file end in .bib, except the file ending by > > -e.bib This can be done by (from the shell command) > > ls -d !(*@(-e)).bib > > or by > > find . !(*@(-e)).bib > > Note that "find" doesn't support that syntax. The find command only > works because your shell is expanding the wildcard and passing the > expanded filenames as arguments to find, rather than the pattern. > > > but, as soon as I put one of these commands in a script file, it > > does not work > > I would imagine that you're using "#!/bin/sh" as the first line in > the script, and bash is working in POSIX mode. Try using > "#!/bin/bash" as the first line in the script. and why not remove the imagining by posting the script? D > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- In modern fantasy (literary or governmental), killing people is the usual solution to the so-called war between good and evil. My books are not conceived in terms of such a war, and offer no simple answers to simplistic questions. ----- Ursula Le Guin _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
