Hello, Can regular expressions compare file names to one another. It seems RE can only compare with input i give it, while I want it to compare amongst itself and give me matches if the first x characters are similiar.
For example: cccat cccap cccan dddfa dddfg dddfz Would result in the 'ddd' and the 'ccc' being grouped together if I specified it to look for a match of the first 3 characters. What I am trying to do is build a script that will automatically create directories based on duplicates like this starting with say 10 characters, and going down to 1. This way "Vacation1.jpg, Vacation2.jpg" would be sent to its own directory (if i specifiy the first 8 characters being similiar) and "Cat1.jpg, Cat2.jpg" would (with 3) as well. Thanks for your help and interest! S M -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
