Re: Excluding files & directories from a glob

[zzapper <david@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 6 Oct 2005 19:52:21 +0900,  wrote:

>> >> >> >  grep -i 'host' **/(*.cfm~(ctpigeonbot|env).cfm)~*((#s)|/)junk*/*(.)
>> >>
>> >> Ok I give in what does the qualifier #s mean and do, and where is it in the doc.
>> >
>> >The #s qualifier matches the start of a string. In the manual you can find its
>> >description on the "13.8 Filename generation" section, under 13.8.4 :
>> >globbing flags.
>> >Here is the relevant chunk of documentation :
>> Thanx Jean
>> Now I understand the above.
>>
>> However the following (simplified example) still seems to work:-
>>
>> list all files fred unless they are in a subdirectory *junk*
>>
>> ls **/fred~*junk*/*
>
>Of course it does ! It's just *less* restrictive than the pattern Peter wrote.
>If you have a subdirectory named not_junk, this pattern will skip all
>its contents,
>whereas Peter's pattern will include it.
Aaah!!

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