Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 17:31:35 -0300 From: Alejandro Pulver <alejandro@varnet.biz> To: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Shell file completion Message-ID: <20050220173135.0945692a@ale.varnet.bsd> In-Reply-To: <20050220122001.5af0685e.wmoran@potentialtech.com> References: <20050220135717.27ab6a75@ale.varnet.bsd> <20050220122001.5af0685e.wmoran@potentialtech.com>
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On Sun, 20 Feb 2005 12:20:01 -0500 Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> wrote: > > [Please wrap your lines around 72 chars or so] > I am using Sylpheed-Claws, and it appears to be wrapping at 78 characters. But the option 'Smart Wrapping' was set and is marked as *EXPERIMENTAL*. So I turned it off and change the wrapping to 72 characters. > Alejandro Pulver <alejandro@varnet.biz> wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I was learning regular expressions, and I noticed that the shell has > > something similar (but it is different from regular expressions). > > > > When I type 'echo *', it replaces '*' for all the files/dirs not starting > > with a '.' (dot). > > > > I understand the '*' in regular expressions must be preceded by other > > thing to match it. > > > > So it is behaving like the DOS wildcards. > > That's funny. More like "DOS wildcards seem to mimic this". > I agree. > > Where is it documented? > > 'man sh' - the section on "Shell Patterns". > > -- > Bill Moran > Potential Technologies > http://www.potentialtech.com > Thank you. Best Regards, Ale
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