[X-Unix] Re: X-Unix Digest, Vol 4, Issue 5

[Eugene]

On Thu, Dec 23, 2004 at 02:23:11PM -0500, Raoul Armfield wrote:
: Eugene wrote:
: : On Thu, Dec 23, 2004 at 06:34:17PM +0100, Peter Dyballa wrote:
: : : 
: : : Am 23.12.2004 um 16:55 schrieb 
: : : x-unix-request at listserver.themacintoshguy.com:
: : : 
: : : >	rm -rf /Library/Fonts/*
: : : >
: : : >...and have it ONLY delete stuff in the directory that DOES NOT begin
: : : >with "MS"?
: : : 
: : : rm -rf /Library/Fonts/[^Mm][^Ss]*
: : : 
: : : Check with ls -l /Library/Fonts/[^Mm][^Ss]*
: : 
: : I don't think that works, unless the shell suddenly understands regular
: : expressions...
: 
: I just tried it and it works. The shell AFIAK always has understood regex

Just checked the manual.  It's a feature that's available in newer
shells like bash and zsh.  It's not there in sh, csh, and even tcsh.


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Eugene
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