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Old 05-02-2016
How to list 2 files?
Hi All,

Seeking for your assistance on how to list all the ab with 15 and 16 on the last 2 characters before period.

Code:
ex:
abcdef14.zip
ab432116.zip
ab2353215.zip
adcfef13.zip

output:
ab432116.zip
ab2353215.zip


what i did was
Code:
ls ab*15*|*16*.zip -- command not found

Please advise,

Thanks,
Last edited by Don Cragun; 05-02-2016 at 06:07 AM.. Reason: Fix CODE tags.
# 2  
Old 05-02-2016
Try:
Code:
ls ab*1[56].zip

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Old 05-02-2016
Thank you very much Sir Don. It's now working Smilie
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