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Old 07-21-2011
How to zip up a series of log files in one shot?
Hi, I'm trying to zip up the first half year's application logs into one zip file. The logs are in the format of log.2011-01-01 to log.2011-06-30.

I tried to use this command at ksh:
zip logs.jan-jun2011.zip *2011-01* *2011-02* *2011-03* *2011-04* *2011-05* *2011-06* It works.

However, I believe there's a better version of it. zip logs.jan-jun2011.zip *2011-[01-06]* does not work.

How can I group the files ranged from 01(Jan logs) to 06(Jun logs)?

Much Appreciated!

-Hui
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Old 07-21-2011
Code:
log.2011-0[1-6]-*

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Old 07-21-2011
Code:
*2011-[01-06]* 
# should be 
*2011-0[1-6]*

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Old 07-21-2011
This is because [] isn't numeric, it accepts character ranges.
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Old 07-22-2011
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