Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2005 14:43:05 +0200 From: =?utf-8?q?Micha=C5=82_Mas=C5=82owski?= <mtmi@o2.pl> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Bash Pattern Matching Syntax Message-ID: <200510231443.06819.mtmi@o2.pl> In-Reply-To: <43518497.6050505@mykitchentable.net> References: <43518497.6050505@mykitchentable.net>
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> I want to list the files in a directory that end in ".jpg" irregardless
> of case. Thus after reading the bash man page, it seems I should be
> able to issue a command something along the lines of "ls [*.[JjPpGg]]"
> or "ls *.[JjPpGg]" but neither of these work and return a "No such file
> or directory" message. I've also tried various ways of escaping the
> '*' and '." but that didn't help either. However "ls *[JjPpGg]" does
> work by listing the files. However I want to match the "." before "jpg"
> as well. What is the correct syntax for what I'm trying to do?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Drew
ls *.{JPG,jpg}
or
ls *.{J,j}{P,p}{G,g}
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