gregory writes: > note that you've created files 'abc' and 'xyz' in your > current working directory.
i did indeed notice that, though not understanding why. > change all the [ and ] to [[ and ]] and you can use this > syntax and it should work. yes, and somewhere i recollect having run into this before but now can find no reference to it. > otherwise you have to escape the /> and /< i did this too and indeed it did work, but my perusing "learning the bash shell" (fish) did not lead me to this or the double brackets. clearly i have missed something. where was it? thanks for your help. ole dan j. daniel moylan 84 harvard ave brookline, ma 02446-6202 617-777-0207 (cel) [email protected] www.moylan.us [no html pls] _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
