----Original Message---- >From: Andreas Eibach >Sent: 28 June 2005 14:14
> fix this in cygwin (as it _definitely_ works in Linux, I'm glad you're so definite about this, it's good to have such confidence in your own beliefs that you feel no need to verify them against reality. > ls -hog "CD *" > ls: CD *: No such file or directory > > also > > ls -hog "CD [12]*" > ls: CD [12]*: No such file or directory > > fails. > > But > > ls -hog "CD*[12]*" > > WORKS. I notice that you cut and pasted the output from the other commands to show they failed, but you didn't cut and paste the output from this one to show it works. That's because you can't. That's because it doesn't. Here, let me show you: -----------------------------snip----------------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] /artimi/firmware> cd test [EMAIL PROTECTED] /artimi/firmware/test> touch CD0.dat [EMAIL PROTECTED] /artimi/firmware/test> touch CD\ 1\ -\ Multimedia.dat [EMAIL PROTECTED] /artimi/firmware/test> touch CD\ 2\ -\ Multimedia.dat [EMAIL PROTECTED] /artimi/firmware/test> ls -hog "CD *" ls: CD *: No such file or directory [EMAIL PROTECTED] /artimi/firmware/test> ls -hog "CD [12]*" ls: CD [12]*: No such file or directory [EMAIL PROTECTED] /artimi/firmware/test> ls -hog "CD*[12]*" ls: CD*[12]*: No such file or directory [EMAIL PROTECTED] /artimi/firmware/test> uname -a CYGWIN_NT-5.1 mace 1.5.18(0.132/4/2) 2005-06-24 11:27 i686 unknown unknown Cygwin [EMAIL PROTECTED] /artimi/firmware/test> -----------------------------snip----------------------------- > You can't deny at least one of these shown DO work in Unix and Linux. Yes, I can, because unlike you, I actually tried it, and you DIDN'T. -----------------------------snip----------------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] test]$ touch CD0.dat [EMAIL PROTECTED] test]$ touch CD\ 1\ -\ Multimedia.dat [EMAIL PROTECTED] test]$ touch CD\ 2\ -\ Multimedia.dat [EMAIL PROTECTED] test]$ ls -hog total 0 -rw-r--r-- 1 0 Jun 28 2005 CD 1 - Multimedia.dat -rw-r--r-- 1 0 Jun 28 2005 CD 2 - Multimedia.dat -rw-r--r-- 1 0 Jun 28 2005 CD0.dat [EMAIL PROTECTED] test]$ ls -hog "CD *" ls: CD *: No such file or directory [EMAIL PROTECTED] test]$ ls -hog "CD [12]*" ls: CD [12]*: No such file or directory [EMAIL PROTECTED] test]$ ls -hog "CD*[12]*" ls: CD*[12]*: No such file or directory [EMAIL PROTECTED] test]$ uname -a Linux pepper.cam.artimi.com 2.4.18-14 #1 Wed Sep 4 13:35:50 EDT 2002 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux [EMAIL PROTECTED] test]$ -----------------------------snip----------------------------- That's why I can post genuine cut-and-pasted output from my tests, but you have to falsify the output from yours. There are two VERY worthwhile lessons to be learnt from this: 1) Don't EVER put simulated output in a post. Only ever cut-and-paste it from a real shell prompt. 2) Don't make claims about something that you haven't actually tried yourself. cheers, DaveK -- Can't think of a witty .sigline today.... -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/