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# Date Size Editor Comment Action
56 2025-01-30 04:47:30 8719 to previous larryv added extra whitespace for breathing room, standardized on 4-space indentation, made "highlight" languages more accurate view
55 2025-01-30 04:39:59 8678 to previous larryv normalized examples further (tried to cover both "empty" and "not empty", tweaked language again) view
54 2025-01-30 04:17:13 8403 to previous larryv fixed example ("${files[@]}" -> "${#files[@]}") view
53 2025-01-30 04:15:42 8402 to previous larryv normalize example messages throughout ("directory [VERB]") view
52 2025-01-30 04:09:02 8380 to previous larryv partially undid rev 51 (do not encourage injecting variables into `echo` args) view
51 2025-01-29 23:00:58 8354 to previous 81 Streamline messages. Prefer echo when printf features are not needed view
50 2023-03-28 07:52:15 8609 to previous emanuele6 -maxdepth 0 can just be -prune view
49 2023-03-28 07:50:38 8614 to previous emanuele6 echo => printf view
48 2023-03-25 23:05:15 8605 to previous emanuele6 $1 => $@, why not view
47 2023-03-25 23:00:08 8605 to previous emanuele6 mentions pitfalls of using failglob without () view
46 2023-03-23 14:03:13 7377 to previous GreyCat add compgen -G alternatives view
45 2022-08-11 12:37:54 6615 to previous emanuele6 clarify that some of the "Bourne solutions" will also work in POSIX sh :/ view
44 2022-05-06 13:08:13 6599 to previous emanuele6 remove unnecessary semicolon view
43 2021-08-14 15:40:24 6600 to previous GreyCat Fix POSIX example which only worked if the first of the 3 globs matched a file. view
42 2021-08-14 15:17:29 6560 to previous GreyCat Undo stupid formatting changes that break the FAQ. view
41 2021-08-14 11:49:29 6544 to previous PeterAjamian Added failglob method. view
40 2020-07-27 15:05:25 6237 to previous GreyCat link to ArithmeticExpression too, because some people need it view
39 2019-07-09 19:38:15 6164 to previous 47 Add .[!.]* and ..?* globs for POSIX examples, use -exec printf %.0s. {} + for the find example removing need for a shell view
38 2016-10-23 17:29:32 6176 to previous toreador   view
37 2016-07-28 18:36:07 6177 to previous GreyCat more posix sh approaches view
36 2015-03-05 00:20:13 5228 to previous izabera syntax hl view
35 2012-01-13 09:37:49 5260 to previous ght mention failglob view
34 2011-12-13 13:42:53 5215 to previous GreyCat Wow... very much cleanup. view
33 2011-12-13 10:17:36 4981 to previous Lhunath simpler. view
32 2011-12-13 10:17:00 4441 to previous Lhunath simpler. view
31 2011-11-06 09:37:01 4114 to previous ormaaj Other shells view
30 2011-05-26 13:17:47 3781 to previous sbl-eh4-rp1   view
29 2011-03-22 16:49:02 3635 to previous GreyCat counting too view
28 2011-03-21 13:20:36 3173 to previous passionsfrucht   view
27 2011-03-17 15:17:02 3175 to previous 84-73-54-61   view
26 2009-12-29 17:17:00 3179 to previous MatthiasPopp   view
25 2009-12-15 20:21:14 3156 to previous GreyCat pointer to 097 (dangling symlink) view
24 2009-12-11 14:06:05 3140 to previous GreyCat clean up, quite a bit view
23 2009-07-20 18:09:15 2700 to previous localhost   view
22 2009-07-10 14:06:56 2692 to previous NeilMoore make second example have the same polarity as the first view
21 2009-05-11 21:38:33 2700 to previous Lhunath   view
20 2009-05-05 19:25:06 2262 to previous localhost   view
19 2008-11-22 20:57:36 2250 to previous GreyCat new first-line standard view
18 2008-11-22 14:08:36 2232 to previous localhost converted to 1.6 markup view
17 2008-10-14 19:58:58 2230 to previous GreyCat Bourne: test ! is ok but ! command is not. view
16 2008-10-11 23:15:10 2230 to previous GreyCat Revert to revision 14. view
15 2008-10-11 21:57:53 2231 to previous gw backticks to $() view
14 2008-10-06 03:19:49 2230 to previous GreyCat No, Bourne shell doesn't have $(). Or [. view
13 2008-10-06 00:45:44 2343 to previous gw backticks to $() view
12 2008-09-27 16:02:36 2342 to previous 82-71-12-170 I forgot about dot files. The portable solution is now even uglier, and relies on .* expanding to exactly . .. in empty dirs... will it? Maybe add other solutions with warnings view
11 2008-09-27 02:38:15 2217 to previous 82-71-12-170 put bash solutions at top, removed bash-specific non-array solution (what's wrong with arrays?), removed ls -A solutions (if you want to not use a specific shell you may as well TRY to be portable) view
10 2008-06-23 16:07:23 2711 to previous GreyCat fix aforementioned example, add another, clean up view
9 2008-06-23 15:25:07 2596 to previous chello062178030209 Added example showing the use of find's -empty option view
8 2008-05-09 15:33:37 2531 to previous GreyCat Revert to revision 6. view
7 2008-05-09 14:45:17 2531 to previous Lhunath when checking to see whether content in `i` denotes a file that exists instead of a literal `*.zip` there's no need to further restrict the test to also test whether the file is a 'regular file'. view
6 2008-05-09 14:36:59 2531 to previous GreyCat add text to the question so people will READ the faq when they're told to view
5 2008-05-08 23:14:00 2494 to previous GreyCat #faqNN -> /0NN view
4 2007-11-30 02:51:06 2495 to previous GreyCat change internal link view
3 2007-11-14 17:43:06 2487 to previous GreyCat   view
2 2007-05-03 00:51:48 2057 to previous GreyCat last example doesn't need the directory printed twice view
1 2007-05-02 22:47:44 2071 redondos   view