-----Original Message----- From: Tim Waugh <twaugh@redhat.com> Sent: Thu, Feb 06, 2003 at 05:57:35PM +0000 To PsycheList Subject: Re: Bash pattern matching > > You are confusing fnmatch-style patterns (which the shell uses) with > regular expressions (which it doesn't). > > Tim. > */ Sorry, your answer is not clear. man bash says: Pattern Matching Any character that appears in a pattern, other than the special pattern characters described below, matches itself. The NUL character may not occur in a pattern. The special pattern characters must be quoted if they are to be matched literally. The special pattern characters have the following meanings: * Matches any string including the null string. ? Matches any single character. [...] Matches any one of the enclosed characters. A pair of charac- ters separated by a hyphen denotes a range expression; any char- AND SO ON... Which patterns is it talking about? -- vikram... <viki@bol.net.in> |||||||| |||||||| ^^'''''^^||root||^^^'''''''^^ // \\ )) //(( \\// \\ // /\\ || \\ || / )) (( \\ -- Thus My Computer Chittered : ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It is your destiny. - Darth Vader -- o ~|~ = Registered Linux User #285795 -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list