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diff --git a/usr.bin/learn/lib/files/L6.2a b/usr.bin/learn/lib/files/L6.2a new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..b94e7b54f02 --- /dev/null +++ b/usr.bin/learn/lib/files/L6.2a @@ -0,0 +1,34 @@ +#print +Since the '?' character only matches single +characters in file names, it is not useful for +questions like "how many files have names which +begin with the letter g?" There is another character + * +which can be used in patterns for file names +and matches any number of any kind of characters. +So + g* +selects all file names beginning with g, and + *x +selects all file names which end in x. Try + ls *x +How many files match? +Compare with an ordinary + ls +if you like. Type "answer N" eventually where +N is the number of files whose names end in "x". +#create abcx +#create abcxdef +#create memox +#create memoy +#create memoz +#create x +#create x53x +#copyin +#user +#uncopyin +#match 4 +#log +#next +6.2b 8 +6.1a 1 |