From: "Nicholas R LeRoy" Message-Id: <9702140847.ZM20951@dopey> Date: Fri, 14 Feb 1997 08:47:47 -0600 In-Reply-To: mharris@blackwidow.saultc.on.ca "~OD: Re: [opendos] [OpenDOS] Wishlist part 2" (Feb 13, 10:08pm) References: <9702140408 DOT AA26247 AT norsun DOT norland DOT com> To: opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net Subject: Re: ~OD: Re: [opendos] [OpenDOS] Wishlist part 2 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net Precedence: bulk On Feb 13, 10:08pm, mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca wrote: > Agreed, added to wishlist. 4DOS does this allready. > > ie: copy *ile*.txt \ > > will copy files.txt, piles.txt, milej.txt, etc > > > Also, it should be possible to match entire > > sets of characters, for example by giving the expression: > > chapter[1-9].txt > > Also added to wishlist. 4DOS also does this allready. :o) I'm certainly in agreement, but f we're going this far, why not just do good ol' regular expressions? It's sometimes useful to be able to specify regex's like: ls {a,b,f}[^a]* Which (unless I'm mistaken) would match all files with a a, b, or f as the first character and anthing *but* an a as the second character. Then again, most of you probably know regex's already.... Just my $0.02 worth. -Nick -- +--------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ | /`-_ Nicholas R LeRoy | Linux -- What *nix was meant to be. | |{ }/ nick DOT leroy AT norland DOT com | gcc -- What C was meant to be. | | \ * / Norland Corp +-------------------------------------+ | |___| W6340 Hackbarth Rd | Escape the Gates of Hell with | | Fort Atkinson, WI 53538 | The choice of a GNU generation... | +--------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ | Hey -- These are my own ideas, not my employer's. Don't blame them... | +--------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+