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Old 05-29-2007
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Quote:
Originally Posted by aigles
The choice of file name must be clarified :
Code:
find . -name '*[01][0-9][0-3][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]*' -type f -exec rm -i {} \;
Jean-Pierre.
that would make '19392007' valid.... need to work out the valid regex (accounting for the leap years as well.