basic command pipe question
Todd Zullinger
tmz at pobox.com
Sun Jun 18 23:03:59 UTC 2006
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Sam Varshavchik wrote:
> WTF????????
>
> Is everyone on drugs, here?
In the current political climate I feel it's best to refrain from
answering that. (Insert dope-smoking smiley here. :)
> Or did:
>
> rm -f *.zip
>
> suddenly stop working, for some stupid reason?
I believe the wrinkle the OP had was trying to match case
insensitively. The simplest method for that is
rm -f *.[Zz][Ii][Pp]
Which has already been posted.
Other than that, the other methods are just good ways to illustrate
how many ways you can chain together commands. It's just a fun
exercise. :)
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