From: Guido Gonzato <guido AT ibogfs DOT df DOT unibo DOT it>
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Subject: Re: file finding function?
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 11:17:17 +0200
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Majisun wrote:
> 
> Is there a function that will find out if there is any file with a certain
> extension in the current directory, and then return the filename?
> 
>         -Sthel Majisun


yeah. It's the "file" utility, which can do *much* more than simply look
for files by extension. Look in the v2gnu/ dir of your simtelnet mirror.

Regards,
	Guido =8-)

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