basic command pipe question

[Todd Zullinger]

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Sam Varshavchik wrote:
> WTF????????
> 
> Is everyone on drugs, here?

In the current political climate I feel it's best to refrain from
answering that.  (Insert dope-smoking smiley here. :)

> Or did:
> 
> rm -f *.zip
> 
> suddenly stop working, for some stupid reason?

I believe the wrinkle the OP had was trying to match case
insensitively.  The simplest method for that is

rm -f *.[Zz][Ii][Pp]

Which has already been posted.

Other than that, the other methods are just good ways to illustrate
how many ways you can chain together commands.  It's just a fun
exercise. :)

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