Hi, The result is
$ ls | egrep -vi '^[a-z0-9\._]*$' #MUSTER.txt #MUSTER2.txt #STONE.txt $$$COIBM.txt -----Original Message----- From: David T-G [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Mittwoch, 19. Februar 2003 12:14 To: FileUtils bugs Cc: Embacher Markus Subject: Re: ls Markus -- First, you should respond to the list and not just to me. I'm certainly not the only one who can help, and probably not even your best choice. ...and then Embacher Markus said... % % Hallo, Hi again! % % ls | head says: % % #MUSTER.txt % #MUSTER2.txt % #STONE.txt % $$$COIBM.txt % A00.txt % A00LBF54.txt % A00TEST.txt % A00TP.txt % A04.txt % A05.txt % % There is no file starting with - Hmmm... OK. Let's get rid of all of the "normal" files, since I certainly wouldn't want to wade through 3000 of them. Try ls | egrep -vi '^[a-z0-9\._]*$' and, if the resultant list isn't too many, post what you get. [If there are lots, post a couple or tweak the egrep regular expression to exclude other nondescript files. % % Thanks for you help. Sure thing! % % Markus HAND :-D -- David T-G * There is too much animal courage in (play) [EMAIL PROTECTED] * society and not sufficient moral courage. (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Mary Baker Eddy, "Science and Health" http://justpickone.org/davidtg/ Shpx gur Pbzzhavpngvbaf Qrprapl Npg! _______________________________________________ Bug-fileutils mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-fileutils
