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# 8  
Old 08-20-2014
Are you sure you are not using *abc*.txt ?
abc*.txt WILL all start with abc...

Manually using CygWin...
Code:
AMIGA:~> cd /tmp
AMIGA:/tmp> ls st*
stackit.sh  string_shift.sh  strings.sh
AMIGA:/tmp> ls *st*
kbstore  stackit.sh  string_shift.sh  strings.sh  sub_str.sh
AMIGA:/tmp> _

Show us a copy'n'paste of what you input and what results you see...
# 9  
Old 08-20-2014
You man find stat a little easier to get file attributes than parsing the ls -l output:

Code:
$ stat -c "size: %s mod-epoch: %Y file: %n" I*
size: 182412 mod-epoch: 1392406500 file: Invoice 266.pdf
size: 185593 mod-epoch: 1392407640 file: Invoice 267.pdf
size: 183923 mod-epoch: 1393205880 file: Invoice 268.pdf

# 10  
Old 08-20-2014
Hello wisecraker,

Thanks for the answer. Yes, I'm entering without *abc*.txt. I've tried in cygwin and it works, only in the other system prints
others files that not begin with abc. Maybe an issue with the ls of that system.

Hello Chubler_XL,

Thank you. I didn't use stat before, it works very nice. Only one question.
If I send the command from another directory I need add the path like below, but in the output
appears the filename concatenated with the path (Myfiles/files01/filename):
Code:
$ stat -c "size: %s mod-epoch: %Y file: %n" Myfiles/files01/abc*
size: 5 mod-epoch: 1408573510 file: Myfiles/files01/abc-bmns1.dat
size: 5 mod-epoch: 1408573510 file: Myfiles/files01/abc-bmns11.dat
size: 5 mod-epoch: 1408573510 file: Myfiles/files01/abc-bmns113.dat
size: 5 mod-epoch: 1408573510 file: Myfiles/files01/abc-bmns114.dat
size: 5 mod-epoch: 1408573510 file: Myfiles/files01/abc-bmns115.dat

How to print the only the filenames without the path?

Like this:
Code:
size: 5 mod-epoch: 1408573510 file: abc-bmns1.dat
size: 5 mod-epoch: 1408573510 file: abc-bmns11.dat
size: 5 mod-epoch: 1408573510 file: abc-bmns113.dat
size: 5 mod-epoch: 1408573510 file: abc-bmns114.dat
size: 5 mod-epoch: 1408573510 file: abc-bmns115.dat

Thanks again.

Regards
# 11  
Old 08-20-2014
The same as with ls: cd into the folder first:

Code:
$ cd Myfiles/files01/
$ stat -c "size: %s mod-epoch: %Y file: %n" abc*

# 12  
Old 08-20-2014
Quote:
Originally Posted by Ophiuchus
Hello wisecraker,

Thanks for the answer. Yes, I'm entering without *abc*.txt. I've tried in cygwin and it works, only in the other system prints
others files that not begin with abc. Maybe an issue with the ls of that system.
I repeat:

It has NOTHING to do with ls.

Absolutely nothing whatsoever.

Using * in that fashion is a property of the shell.

One weird property of Cygwin though -- it has case insensitive filenames, because Windows does, it's unavoidable. Any decent UNIX or UNIX-like has case-sensitive filenames, and will be more picky.

In short, if you don't want to match *abc*, don't use *abc*.
# 13  
Old 08-20-2014
Quote:
Originally Posted by Chubler_XL
The same as with ls: cd into the folder first:

Code:
$ cd Myfiles/files01/
$ stat -c "size: %s mod-epoch: %Y file: %n" abc*

Thank you Chubler_XL for your help!

Quote:
In short, if you don't want to match *abc*, don't use *abc*.
Hello Corona688,

* In Cygwin if I use abc*.txt I get exactly only files that begin with abc.
* In Linux machine (2010 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux) where I have the real files I want to list, when I use abc*.txt I get files that begin with abc and files that contain abc but begins with numbers or other letters (i.e. 17abc-khj.txt, 01xabc-ui.txt). Maybe is the shell like you say.

Thanks again
# 14  
Old 08-20-2014
Quote:
Originally Posted by Ophiuchus
Thank you Chubler_XL for your help!


Hello Corona688,

* In Cygwin if I use abc*.txt I get exactly only files that begin with abc.
* In Linux machine (2010 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux) where I have the real files I want to list, when I use abc*.txt I get files that begin with abc and files that contain abc but begins with numbers or other letters (i.e. 17abc-khj.txt, 01xabc-ui.txt). Maybe is the shell like you say.

Thanks again
Please show us your entire script. What shell are you using on Linux? With default options, abc*.txt should only match files with names starting with abc and ending with .txt.
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