[Linux-disciples] Clear out gnutella

[Stephen R Laniel]

On Fri, Jul 29, 2005 at 11:14:16AM -0500, Karl Sokol wrote:
> I am still trying to learn basic syntax.  When looking for ./fubar3, what does
> the second "." mean in the search ".*b.*3"?   I have noticed that if I fill
> space with a letter that it gets ignored as well.

Well, be careful: the meaning of '.*b.*3' is different in
the 'find' command depending on whether you're using the
'-iregex' argument instead of the '-iname' argument. The
iname argument uses shell wildcards, so

find ~ -iname '.*b.*3'

looks for any file under your home directory that begins
with a literal dot, then has any number of characters, then
has a literal 'b', then a literal dot, then any number of
characters, then a literal '3'. So the filename
'.foob.stuff3' matches, but the file 'foobstuff3' does not.

Now, if you use the iregex argument, find is now looking for
files that begin with any number of characters, followed by
a 'b', followed by any number of characters, followed by a
'3'. So now 'foobstuff3' matches, as does '.foob.stuff3'.

Does that make sense?

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Stephen R. Laniel
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