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List files using { } meta character
p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } How to match all files that end with the release number using the { } meta character in /boot.
Last edited by jim mcnamara; 11-10-2011 at 12:17 PM.. Reason: clean up html codes
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Old 11-10-2011
The {} construct works in commands like find. I do not know what 'the release number' is.

Code:
find /boot -name '*2.4.0.8'  -exec ls -l {} \;
# or
ls -l /boot/*2.4.0.8

where 2.4.0.8 is a dummy release number
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Old 11-11-2011
thanx jim
 
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