Re: how to specify *.txt as an argument to ls

2017-01-15 Thread dean 
I seethank you very much for explaining that.


On 15 January 2017 at 09:49, Alexander Burger  wrote:

> On Sat, Jan 14, 2017 at 10:12:35PM +, dean wrote:
> > '`(chop "@.PDF")
> > BTW what's the difference between the two leading ticks (I recognise
> > apostrophe as quote macro).
>
> Right. So it expands to the list ("@" "." "P" "D" "F"). This list in turn
> needs
> to be quoted, because otherwise "@" is tried as a function.
>
> ♪♫ Alex
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Re: how to specify *.txt as an argument to ls

2017-01-15 Thread dean 
It's all running flawlessly.

On 15 January 2017 at 10:11, dean  wrote:

> I seethank you very much for explaining that.
>
>
> On 15 January 2017 at 09:49, Alexander Burger  wrote:
>
>> On Sat, Jan 14, 2017 at 10:12:35PM +, dean wrote:
>> > '`(chop "@.PDF")
>> > BTW what's the difference between the two leading ticks (I recognise
>> > apostrophe as quote macro).
>>
>> Right. So it expands to the list ("@" "." "P" "D" "F"). This list in turn
>> needs
>> to be quoted, because otherwise "@" is tried as a function.
>>
>> ♪♫ Alex
>> --
>> UNSUBSCRIBE: mailto:picolisp@software-lab.de?subject=Unsubscribe
>>
>
>

Re: how to specify *.txt as an argument to ls

2017-01-15 Thread Alexander Burger 
On Sat, Jan 14, 2017 at 10:12:35PM +, dean wrote:
> '`(chop "@.PDF")
> BTW what's the difference between the two leading ticks (I recognise
> apostrophe as quote macro).

Right. So it expands to the list ("@" "." "P" "D" "F"). This list in turn needs
to be quoted, because otherwise "@" is tried as a function.

♪♫ Alex
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Re: how to specify *.txt as an argument to ls

2017-01-15 Thread dean 
Thank you very much for the explanation.