From: mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca Date: Sat, 15 Feb 1997 00:17:15 -0500 (EST) Reply-To: mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca To: Nicholas R LeRoy cc: opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net Subject: Re: ~OD: Re: [opendos] [OpenDOS] Wishlist part 2 In-Reply-To: <9702140847.ZM20951@dopey> Message-ID: Organization: Total disorganization. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net Precedence: bulk On Fri, 14 Feb 1997, Nicholas R LeRoy 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. Added to the "I don't have any idea why someone would want this but they do" section of the wishlist. ("Open"DOS right?) Mike A. Harris | http://blackwidow.saultc.on.ca/~mharris Computer Consultant | My webpage has moved and my address has changed. My dynamic address: http://blackwidow.saultc.on.ca/~mharris/ip-address.html mailto:mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca EMACS: Escape Meta Alt Control Shift :o)