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On Thursday 18 December 2008 00:31:56 Robert Bridge wrote: |
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> On Thu, 18 Dec 2008 00:17:18 +0200 |
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> Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> > On Wednesday 17 December 2008 22:42:34 Robert Bridge wrote: |
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> > > Or use a wildcard based match. |
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> > > name????stat.text works, as would name*stat.text |
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> > |
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> > <pedantic> |
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> > name0[01][0-9]{2}stat.text |
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> > </pedantic> |
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> > would be better still |
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> <nitpick> |
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> more typing... |
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> </nitpick> |
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> Depends on the measure, most times I have seen this kind of thing, the |
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> shorter pattern I had would have been "good enough". YMMV though, and I |
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> won't try to argue that yours is more precise. |
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Agreed :-) |
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A pattern like that in real life is likely to be something structured and |
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*highly* unlikely to have odd file names thrown in. |
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But like all good sysadmin, I can't resist an opportunity to show off a little |
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bit :-) |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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