Re: Bug in my shell script

[Harry Putnam <reader newsguy com>]

John Summerfield <summer@os2.ami.com.au> writes:

> > * = any character
> > . = one or more of the char immediately infront of it
> > *. = match everything

Lets rerun that one.

* = zero or any number of the immediately preceding character

. = any one character except newline (no bearing on what preceded)

*. = Matches zero or any number of the character immediately
     preceding, then one of any character.

I think he wanted:

.* = Matches any number of any characters, except newline.