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Article #6663Re: Ok, so how about * = #?
From: Gregory Kritsch
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2020 05:49
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2020 05:49
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markv@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes:
>The problem with *=#? is one I am dealing with in a program and is one
>of my gripes with #? in general. #? isn't quite like * because #?
>requires at least one charecter. So if I have a dir like:
From the AmigaDOS manual (first Bantam edition), p. 71, describing
patterns:
#<p> Matches zero or more occurrences of the pattern <p>.
Also, the following example is listed:
LIST PAT A#BC matches AC ABC ABBC, and so forth.
>If I want all the files for Program, I cant do "dir Program#?" because
Try it - I think you'll like it!
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!maytag!xenitec!tirith!ggk From: ggk@tirith.UUCP (Gregory Kritsch) Message-ID: <ggk.658648194@tirith.UUCP> Date: 15 Nov 20 05:49:54 Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: Ok, so how about * = #? In-Reply-To: markv@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu References: <26889.273fce5f@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> <3422@orbit.cts.com>