Re: help with ~ as exclusion pattern operator

[Hasan Diwan <hdiwan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

:  From: unpingco@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Jose Unpingco)
:  Date: Sun, 18 May 1997 09:08:50 -0700 (PDT)
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:  hi,
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:  I have a directory of files 
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:      ssp0.10coef1.txt
:      ssp0.20coef1.txt
:      ssp3299.txt
:      ssp3300.txt
:      ssp3301.txt
:      ssp3302.txt
:      sspeofproj.eps
:      sspgi1.txt
:      sspsamples.eps
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:  Why is it that when I do
:  
:  % ls ssp*t~*co*
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:  I don't get 
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:      ssp3299.txt
:      ssp3300.txt
:      ssp3301.txt
:      ssp3302.txt
:      sspgi1.txt
:  
:  Instead I get
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:      zsh: no matches found: ssp*t~*co*
:  
:  I don't get it. I read the manual page on the ~ operator.
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:  Thanks.
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