for i in [Dd][Oo]*.pdf
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From: Hongyi Zhao on 16 Feb 2010 09:43 Hi all, I want to do a for loop on the following files: DO*.pdf, Do*.pdf, dO*.pdf, do*.pdf, So I use the following code: for i in [Dd][Oo]*.pdf Am I right or not? -- ..: Hongyi Zhao [ hongyi.zhao AT gmail.com ] Free as in Freedom :.
From: pk on 16 Feb 2010 09:46 Hongyi Zhao wrote: > Hi all, > > I want to do a for loop on the following files: > > DO*.pdf, > Do*.pdf, > dO*.pdf, > do*.pdf, > > So I use the following code: > > for i in [Dd][Oo]*.pdf > > Am I right or not? Why don't you just try?
From: Ed Morton on 16 Feb 2010 09:48 On 2/16/2010 8:43 AM, Hongyi Zhao wrote: > Hi all, > > I want to do a for loop on the following files: > > DO*.pdf, > Do*.pdf, > dO*.pdf, > do*.pdf, > > So I use the following code: > > for i in [Dd][Oo]*.pdf > > Am I right or not? Depends what you plan to do inside the loop. Ed.
From: Dominic Fandrey on 16 Feb 2010 10:14 On 16/02/2010 15:43, Hongyi Zhao wrote: > I want to do a for loop on the following files: > > DO*.pdf, > Do*.pdf, > dO*.pdf, > do*.pdf, > > So I use the following code: > > for i in [Dd][Oo]*.pdf > > Am I right or not? To my knowledge you are right. I don't know whether it's POSIX, but ash-derivates work that way. -- A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail?
From: j-o-e-h on 17 Feb 2010 04:26
looks good: u're usin the [] thin for the wirst two letters which can be either capital or not an u're using the "." which a shell needs to verify you mean e *.* file |