Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!maytag!xenitec!tirith!ggk From: ggk@tirith.UUCP (Gregory Kritsch) Message-ID: 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> 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: #

Matches zero or more occurrences of the pattern

. 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! >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >Mark Gooderum Only... \ Good Cheer !!! >Academic Computing Services /// \___________________________ >University of Kansas /// /| __ _ >Bix: markgood \\\ /// /__| |\/| | | _ /_\ makes it >Bitnet: MARKV@UKANVAX \/\/ / | | | | |__| / \ possible... >Internet: markv@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- Gregory Kritsch | University of Waterloo Fido: 1:221/208.11110 [1:163/109.30] | 1A Computer Engineering UUCP: ggk@tirith.UUCP |-------------------------- ...!watmath!xenitec!tirith!ggk | Amiga Fanatic