11-11-2008
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Originally Posted by
chatwizrd
What the heck does concatenated mean. Provide an example of what you want to do.
for the heck...i want the output to be in the form
DIR/filename: DIR/filename2: DIR/filename3: DIR/filename4..so on to be added to the output file.
[space between : and DIR is not required but the webpage was converting it to a smiley
. so i have kept the space. in original output that space is not required]
where filename[1-4]..files matching the pattern 'filename' in the DIR
as i mentioned i was able to do this..but just wanted to know if there is any better way to do this....
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