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Perl code to search for filenames that contain special characters
Post 96332 by mahendramahendr on Thursday 19th of January 2006 10:22:53 AM
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list directory(1m) list directory(1m) NAME
list directory - Displays a list of all the directories whose names match the specified directory name SYNOPSIS
cdscp list directory directory-name [with attribute-name = attribute-value] ARGUMENTS
The full name of a specific directory. The last simple name can contain wildcard characters. The name of a particular attribute. The value of a particular attribute. DESCRIPTION
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