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

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

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

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: >> >

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

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

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

Thank you very much for the explanation.