Ciro Iriarte said the following on 08/11/2013 05:29 PM:
Thanks Berny, but why [] doesn't work in both cases like {}?, {} works for file listing and for file creation... That's why I was expecting [] to work the same way (my bad?)
The "[]" is pattern matching for a set of characters The "{}" is enumeration for a set of file names You would have to do ls {1,2,3)b to match files 1b, 2b and 3b. Enumeration means that the names are generated by shell expansion regardless of whether the files exist or not. So you might get $ ls {1,2,3}b ls: cannot access 1b: No such file or directory ls: cannot access 3b: No such file or directory 2b if only "2b" existed. Or worse mkdir {1,2,3}b mkdir: cannot create directory ‘2b’: File exists and now $ ls -ld {1,2,3}b drwxr-xr-x 1 anton users 0 Aug 11 17:35 1b -rw-r--r-- 1 anton users 0 Aug 11 17:34 2b drwxr-xr-x 1 anton users 0 Aug 11 17:35 3b -- How long did the whining go on when KDE2 went on KDE3? The only universal constant is change. If a species can not adapt it goes extinct. That's the law of the universe, adapt or die. -- Billie Walsh, May 18 2013 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org