chris@mimsy.UUCP (Chris Torek) (08/01/89)
In article <2332@wyse.wyse.com> bob@wyse.wyse.com (Bob McGowen x922-4312 Training) writes: >If you are using the Bourne shell, the following pattern should work: > > [!!-~].??? > >The part to the left of the period says anything that is NOT (first >exclamation) in the range exclamation to tilde. The standard Bourne shell---that is, the one in Version 7; the one in 4BSD is essentially identical---does not have negation in glob patterns. -- In-Real-Life: Chris Torek, Univ of MD Comp Sci Dept (+1 301 454 7163) Domain: chris@mimsy.umd.edu Path: uunet!mimsy!chris
dce@Solbourne.COM (David Elliott) (08/01/89)
In article <18846@mimsy.UUCP> chris@mimsy.UUCP (Chris Torek) writes: >In article <2332@wyse.wyse.com> bob@wyse.wyse.com >(Bob McGowen x922-4312 Training) writes: >> [!!-~].??? >> >>The part to the left of the period says anything that is NOT (first >>exclamation) in the range exclamation to tilde. This one caught me by surprise. I've been programming in the Bourne shell for a long time, and I never saw this before. Of course, I haven't seen the need to reread the manual for quite a while, so I could have easily missed it. Is this standard in System V.2? V.3? Maybe it's just a SunOS-ism? I'd sure like to be able to use it, but it would help to know how widely it is available. -- David Elliott dce@Solbourne.COM ...!{boulder,nbires,sun}!stan!dce
bob@wyse.wyse.com (Bob McGowen Wyse Technology Training) (08/02/89)
In article <1810@marvin.Solbourne.COM> dce@Solbourne.com (David Elliott) writes: >In article <18846@mimsy.UUCP> chris@mimsy.UUCP (Chris Torek) writes: >>In article <2332@wyse.wyse.com> bob@wyse.wyse.com >>(Bob McGowen x922-4312 Training) writes: >>> [!!-~].??? --deleted-- > >This one caught me by surprise. I've been programming in the >Bourne shell for a long time, and I never saw this before. Of --deleted-- >Is this standard in System V.2? V.3? Maybe it's just a SunOS-ism? >I'd sure like to be able to use it, but it would help to know >how widely it is available. > An earlier response to my first posting got me to wondering, so I checked. This works under XENIN 2.3.2 (also 2.2.x), SUN os (I don't remember/know version), UNIX SVR3.2. I also think/thought that I had used this on BSD systems, but the earlier followup seems to indicate this is not the case? I have available to me a Fortune Systems 32:16 with ForPro 1.7 (BSD derived version, I believe) and I think it does this also. But will check and confirm. This feature is NOT listed in the metacharacter table on page 76 of Kernighan and Pike's _The UNIX Programming Environment_. I have no idea where I first heard about it nor how available it is. Cheers :-) Bob McGowan (standard disclaimer, these are my own ...) Customer Education, Wyse Technology, San Jose, CA ..!uunet!wyse!bob bob@wyse.com
davidsen@sungod.crd.ge.com (William Davidsen) (08/03/89)
It's not in the "old" ksh, or ksh-88.
bill davidsen (davidsen@crdos1.crd.GE.COM)
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"Stupidity, like virtue, is its own reward" -meguy@auspex.auspex.com (Guy Harris) (08/03/89)
>>> [!!-~].??? >>> >>>The part to the left of the period says anything that is NOT (first >>>exclamation) in the range exclamation to tilde. > >Is this standard in System V.2? V.3? Maybe it's just a SunOS-ism? Yes, yes, and no. It first appeared in System III.
rbj@dsys.ncsl.nist.gov (Root Boy Jim) (08/05/89)
? From: Guy Harris <guy@auspex.auspex.com> ? >>> [!!-~].??? ? >>> ? >>>The part to the left of the period says anything that is NOT (first ? >>>exclamation) in the range exclamation to tilde. ? > ? >Is this standard in System V.2? V.3? Maybe it's just a SunOS-ism? ? Yes, yes, and no. It first appeared in System III. Tcsh has a similar feature. `ls *.[^o]' will list any file with a one char suffix except for onject files. Root Boy Jim Have GNU, Will Travel.