Re: Bug in my shell script

[John Summerfield <summer os2 ami com au>]

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> | From: guinness-list-admin@redhat.com
> | [mailto:guinness-list-admin@redhat.com]On Behalf Of Taylor, ForrestX
> |
> |
> | Doesn't the sed part substitute anything that ends with .sts with nothing,
> | and nothing ends in .sts.
> 
> * = any character
> . = one or more of the char immediately infront of it
> *. = match everything
> 
> *.sts would as far as I know (my regex might be a bit rusty)
> match /home/guests
>

The man page says "regex" and what you describe isn't. See:

man 7 regex
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