Bash Wildcard Question

msb65 · #1 (**permalink**) 10-29-2008

Hi,

I am writing a BASH script. In a directory I have a bunch of files of various filename structures. How do I list all the filenames that begin with either a capital or lowercase A or T. Is there one command that could replace the following 4:

ls A*
ls a*
ls T*
ls t*

Thanks.
Mike

Franklin52 · #2 (**permalink**) 10-29-2008

This should give the desired files:

Code:

ls [AaTt]*

jim mcnamara · #3 (**permalink**) 10-29-2008

Try this:

Code:

ls [AaTt]*

radoulov · #4 (**permalink**) 10-29-2008

Code:

shopt -s nocaseglob nullglob
printf "%s\n" [at]*

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