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  2. From: rouben@math9.math.umbc.edu (Rouben Rostamian)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
  4. Subject: Re: A question on ls
  5. Message-ID: <1992Aug29.233534.27967@umbc3.umbc.edu>
  6. Date: 29 Aug 92 23:35:34 GMT
  7. References: <6786@tekig7.PEN.TEK.COM>
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  10. Organization: University of Maryland Baltimore Campus
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  13. In article <6786@tekig7.PEN.TEK.COM> naren@tekig5.pen.tek.com (Naren Bala) writes:
  14. >If I type
  15. >% ls *.Z 
  16. >All files with .Z extension are displayed.
  17. >
  18. >What command would I type to display all files that do not have a .Z 
  19. >extension ?
  20.  
  21. The wildcards are expanded by the shell, so the answer is: it depends on
  22. the shell you are using.  In tcsh, you type:
  23. % ls ^*.Z
  24. In sh and csh you are out of luck.  In other shells, I don't know.
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