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Subject: Re: Why does this extended glob pattern fail?
Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2011 17:24:31 +0400
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Reply to message =ABRe: Why does this extended glob pattern fail?=BB,=20
sent 14:20:58 01 August 2011, Monday
by Ronald Fischer:

> Actually, this does not work either. Instead, I have to write
>=20
>   cp $from/^*.(log|png) $dest
>=20
> The reason is that ^ doesn't apply to the *whole* word, but only up to
> the first '/'.
There is also a ~ that applies to the whole pattern, but in this case you w=
ill=20
have to write `$from/*~$from/*.(log|png)'.

Original message:
> On Wed, 27 Jul 2011 15:32 +0100, "Stephane Chazelas"
>=20
> <stephane.chazelas@gmail.com> wrote:
> > or better, use globbing alternate operator rather than brace
> > expansion:
> >=20
> > cp ^$from/*.(log|png) $dest
>=20
> Actually, this does not work either. Instead, I have to write
>=20
>   cp $from/^*.(log|png) $dest
>=20
> The reason is that ^ doesn't apply to the *whole* word, but only up to
> the first '/'.
>=20
> Thanks for helping!
>=20
> Ronald

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