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actually, when I created the file, that top line was there, -f flag and all

Ok, I'm really new to Unix scripting, lemme put up the entire file, and maybe that'll help more

#! /bin/sh -f
#This script is designed to be run one level higher than the
#directory of the day...

I tried set +f and I get

set: variable name must begin with a letter

the line specifically is

ls [A-Z]*.dat

it throws an error over the *

I'm using bourne shell

when writing a shell script (bourne) and using a unix command like 'ls' is there anything special you need to do to use a wildcard (like *)?

I think it has something to do with the * character, because I just tried

ls *.dat > file_names.txt

and I know there are .dat files in there
is there an escape character I need? or some...

ok, I'm trying to write a script file that lists files with specific elements in the name into a txt file, it looks like this

ls s[A-Z]*.dat > file_names.txt

can't figure out whats wrong with...

Ah, Didn't even realized those existed until now, thank you

I'm writing a unix script that simply does some basic command line stuff for a whole lot of similar directories (ls *.dat > foo.bar). Its my first script ever, and its going ok, except I can't, for...