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- From: earthstar@magg.net (Greg Blanchard)
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- Subject: Re: AmigaOS 4.x features
- Date: 4 Apr 1996 08:38:16 -0500
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- >John Severinsen wrote:
- >
- >> From my (admittedly rather limited) experience with UNIX pattern matching,
- >> the AmigaDos system is more powerful (I suggest you read your manuals).
- >> You have the following wildcards in AmigaDOS:
- >>
- >> # - Match any number the following character
- >> ? - Match any single character
- >> () - Group things together
- >> | - Like a logical OR
- >> [] - Character ranging
- >> ~ - Like a logical NOT
- >> % - Match the NULL string
- >>
- >> I think that's all but with these I have never come across anything that
- >> can't be specifically matched.
-
- >And, in addition, these pattern matching operations are available to any
- >application for any purpose, not just for filenames. By accessing a single
- >function in the dos.library DLL, one could easily implement a regexp string
- >search feature in a text editor or database application.
-
- My only question is why have'nt they????? I don't think this is in FW or
- WW either. Somebody would have mentioned it. Could it be that those doing
- the conversions/programming don't know AmiDOS all that well?
-
- Greg
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