[Linux-disciples] Clear out gnutella

[Karl Sokol]

Got it. Thanks.

On 7/29/05, Stephen R Laniel <steve at laniels.org> wrote:
> 
> 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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