Re: * wildcard in.sh script

2010-06-16 Thread Aiza
Polytropon wrote: On Tue, 15 Jun 2010 09:25:05 -0700, Chip Camden wrote: As others have mentioned, you need to quote or escape the * in the command line: admin "cell*" The problem, for explaination purposes, is that the shell you enter the command will already expand cell* to cell_A, cell_B

Re: * wildcard in.sh script

2010-06-15 Thread Aiza
Chip Camden wrote: On Jun 15 2010 17:06, Aiza wrote: Aiza wrote: I have a directory with files in it. The first 3 letters of the file names is the group prefix. I'm trying to write a script to accept the 3 letter of the group followed by a * to mean its a prefix lookup. But when I run it I ge

Re: * wildcard in.sh script

2010-06-15 Thread Polytropon
On Tue, 15 Jun 2010 09:25:05 -0700, Chip Camden wrote: > As others have mentioned, you need to quote or escape the * in the > command line: > > admin "cell*" The problem, for explaination purposes, is that the shell you enter the command will already expand cell* to cell_A, cell_B and so on. Th

Re: * wildcard in.sh script

2010-06-15 Thread Chip Camden
On Jun 15 2010 17:06, Aiza wrote: > Aiza wrote: > >I have a directory with files in it. The first 3 letters of the file > >names is the group prefix. I'm trying to write a script to accept the 3 > >letter of the group followed by a * to mean its a prefix lookup. But > >when I run it I get a mess

Re: * wildcard in.sh script

2010-06-15 Thread Randal L. Schwartz
> "Aiza" == Aiza writes: Aiza> This is the output. want to build list only containing file names Aiza> prefixed with job. Putting " " around the value on the command Aiza> line worked. But before this can go to production will have to fix Aiza> the code so no " " on the command value. You c

Re: * wildcard in.sh script

2010-06-15 Thread Aiza
This is the output. want to build list only containing file names prefixed with job. Putting " " around the value on the command line worked. But before this can go to production will have to fix the code so no " " on the command value. # >admin "job*" prefix_name1 = job* prefix_name2 = job

Re: * wildcard in.sh script

2010-06-15 Thread RW
On Tue, 15 Jun 2010 12:20:14 +0100 RW wrote: > On Tue, 15 Jun 2010 17:06:11 +0800 > Aiza wrote: > > > > Here is the test and out put > > # >admin cell* > > admin: No match. > > try ./admin cell* Sorry that would be "not found", not "No match" ___

Re: * wildcard in.sh script

2010-06-15 Thread RW
On Tue, 15 Jun 2010 17:06:11 +0800 Aiza wrote: > Here is the test and out put > # >admin cell* > admin: No match. try ./admin cell* ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscri

Re: * wildcard in.sh script

2010-06-15 Thread Aiza
Aiza wrote: I have a directory with files in it. The first 3 letters of the file names is the group prefix. I'm trying to write a script to accept the 3 letter of the group followed by a * to mean its a prefix lookup. But when I run it I get a message "NO match" that is not issued by the scrip

Re: * wildcard in.sh script

2010-06-15 Thread Matthew Seaman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 15/06/2010 09:25:45, Aiza wrote: > I have a directory with files in it. The first 3 letters of the file > names is the group prefix. I'm trying to write a script to accept the 3 > letter of the group followed by a * to mean its a prefix lookup. But

Re: * wildcard in.sh script

2010-06-15 Thread Fbsd1
Svein Skogen (Listmail Account) wrote: On 15.06.2010 10:25, Aiza wrote: I have a directory with files in it. The first 3 letters of the file names is the group prefix. I'm trying to write a script to accept the 3 letter of the group followed by a * to mean its a prefix lookup. But when I run it

Re: * wildcard in.sh script

2010-06-15 Thread Svein Skogen (Listmail Account)
On 15.06.2010 10:25, Aiza wrote: > I have a directory with files in it. The first 3 letters of the file > names is the group prefix. I'm trying to write a script to accept the 3 > letter of the group followed by a * to mean its a prefix lookup. But > when I run it I get a message "NO match" that is

* wildcard in.sh script

2010-06-15 Thread Aiza
I have a directory with files in it. The first 3 letters of the file names is the group prefix. I'm trying to write a script to accept the 3 letter of the group followed by a * to mean its a prefix lookup. But when I run it I get a message "NO match" that is not issued by the script. Its like *