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From: aduncan@rhea.trl.oz (Allan Duncan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: Wildcard types
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Date: 4 Nov 90 22:13:38 GMT
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From article <15517@cbmvax.commodore.com>, by andy@cbmvax.commodore.com (Andy Finkel):
> Ah, the eternal debate.  This, and setting the filedate on COPY :-)
> 
> 1.  typing #? instead of * isn't that hard.

Yes, it's a miserable combination - you gotta change both hands on two
keys each!  With my accuracy of touch typing, it means I've got to stop
and look _every_ time. :-)

> 2.  Amiga wildcards are regular expressions, more powerful than
>     the simple PC *

No, they are _part_ of regular expressions, the rest of which we weren't
given.  Also, they are not interpreted by the shell, so you can never be
sure in advance if the program you were invoking supported them.
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