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| == How can I use a logical AND in a shell pattern (glob)? == | == How can I use a logical AND/OR/NOT in a shell pattern (glob)? == [[glob|"Globs"]] are simple patterns that can be used to match filenames or strings. They're generally not very powerful. If you need more power, there are a few options available. |
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| [[glob|"Globs"]] are simple patterns that can be used to match filenames or strings. They're generally not very powerful. If you need more power, you can use ''extended globs''. In [[BASH]], you'll need the {{{extglob}}} option to be set. It can be checked with: {{{ $ shopt extglob |
If you want to operate on all the files that match glob A ''or'' glob B, just put them both on the same command line: {{{#!highlight bash rm -- *.bak *.old }}} If you want to use a logical OR in just part of a glob (larger than a single charcter -- for which square-bracketed character classes suffice), in Bash, you can use BraceExpansion: {{{#!highlight bash rm -- *.{bak,old} }}} If you need something still more general/powerful, in KornShell or [[BASH]] you can use [[glob|extended globs]]. In Bash, you'll need the {{{extglob}}} option to be set. It can be checked with: {{{#!highlight bash shopt extglob |
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| {{{ $ rm !(!(*Pink_Floyd*)|*The_Final_Cut*) |
{{{#!highlight bash rm !(!(*Pink_Floyd*)|*The_Final_Cut*) |
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| For a more thorough explanation of extended globs, see [[glob]]. | ---- CategoryShell |
How can I use a logical AND/OR/NOT in a shell pattern (glob)?
"Globs" are simple patterns that can be used to match filenames or strings. They're generally not very powerful. If you need more power, there are a few options available.
If you want to operate on all the files that match glob A or glob B, just put them both on the same command line:
1 rm -- *.bak *.old
If you want to use a logical OR in just part of a glob (larger than a single charcter -- for which square-bracketed character classes suffice), in Bash, you can use BraceExpansion:
1 rm -- *.{bak,old}
If you need something still more general/powerful, in KornShell or BASH you can use extended globs. In Bash, you'll need the extglob option to be set. It can be checked with:
1 shopt extglob
and set with:
1 shopt -s extglob
To warm up, we'll move all files starting with foo AND not ending with .d to directory foo_thursday.d:
1 mv foo!(*.d) foo_thursday.d
A more complex example -- delete all files containing Pink_Floyd AND not containing The_Final_Cut:
1 rm !(!(*Pink_Floyd*)|*The_Final_Cut*)
By the way: these kind of patterns can be used with the KornShell, too. They don't have to be enabled there, but are the default patterns.