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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers ls with regular expression Post 302378664 by rkgudde on Tuesday 8th of December 2009 12:08:12 PM
Old 12-08-2009
ls with regular expression

I currently list and sort all the files in a directory which begin with an Upper Case C and end with the extension '#finished#'.

Here is the command I use:

ls -tr $currentDir/[C]*.#finished#

what i need to do now is list all the files in a directory that begin with upper case C and end with either '#finished#' or 'finsihed'.

can i do this with one `ls` statement?

my simple mind tries this:

filelist=`ls -tr $currentDir/[C]*.#finished#`
filelist=$filelist+`ls -tr $currentDir/[C]*.finished`

however I need to keep the sort order in tact for all files regardless of thier extension.

thanks
rkgudde
 

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FILESCHANGED(1) 						   User Commands						   FILESCHANGED(1)

NAME
fileschanged - displays altered files SYNOPSIS
fileschanged [OPTION...] [FILE]... DESCRIPTION
Monitors FILEs for alterations. Display the filenames of FILEs that were created, changed, deleted, started execution or finished execut- ing. -s, --show=EVENT[,...] Display created, changed, deleted, executing, or executed files (Default is "created,changed") -a, --show-all Display all file events and the associated action -f, --files-to-monitor (Default) Monitor the FILEs on the command line -l, --filelist=FILE Monitor the list of filenames inside FILE -L, --dereference Don't monitor symlinks, monitor what's pointed to -r, --recursive Monitor subdirectories of directories -t, --timeout=N Delay showing changed files for N seconds (Def=2) -p, --display-action Display action when showing altered files -x, --exec=PROG Run PROG when file is altered (PROG action filename) -?, --help Give this help list --usage Give a short usage message -V, --version Print program version FILEs must exist when monitoring begins, or they will not be monitored. REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <benasselstine@users.sf.net>. SEE ALSO
The full documentation for fileschanged is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and fileschanged programs are properly installed at your site, the command info fileschanged should give you access to the complete manual. fileschanged 0.6.5 October 2011 FILESCHANGED(1)
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