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Date: Fri, 14 Feb 1997 02:21:58 +0000
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From: "Ian 'DrDebug' Day" <Ian AT darkblak DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>
Subject: Re: [opendos] [OpenDOS] Wishlist part 2
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In article <Pine DOT SCO DOT 3 DOT 95 DOT 970214084841 DOT 28042B-100000 AT rvib2 DOT rvib DOT org DOT au>,
Jason White <whiteja AT rvib2 DOT rvib DOT org DOT au> writes
>Command.com and other programmes that come with OpenDOS could also be
>modified to handle the asterisk wildcard properly. Currently, it matches
>all characters up to the end of the file name or extension, regardless of
>whether or not any characters are specified after the asterisk. This
>anomaly should be corrected. Also, it should be possible to match entire
>sets of characters, for example by giving the expression:
>chapter[1-9].txt
>If I recall correctly, this feature is available in software compiled with
>DJGPP.

It's also in 4DOS, UNIX, and the * thing is in Win95 (prolly only under
Win95 though).

But yes, definitely.

>Already, OpenDOS has extensive command line editing facilities. Perhaps
>file name completion could be added as well, or is this asking for too
>much?

Nothing is too much when there a few thousand developers  :)

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