[arch-general] Recommended reading for Shell expansion mechanism

[Alexandre de Verteuil]

> On 05/30, Heiko Becker wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > as I'm trying to give shell programming and things like that a start, I have
> > a short question related to the shell expansion:
> > 
> > I heard that it is possible to exclude things after using a wildcard like
> > ./* for every file in the current directory. Am I right or did I
> > misunderstand something? Is there some place on the internet where I can
> > find things about expansions and such operations of the shell?
> > 
> > Thanks in advance,
> > 
> > Heiko

* Bigby James <bigby.james at crepcran.com> [2014-05-30 12:21] :
> If Bash is what you're trying to learn, I'd recommend following Greg's Wiki.[1]
> The section on patterns and globbing has what you're looking for.[2]
> 
> [1]: http://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashGuide
> [2]: http://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashGuide/Patterns

Hi,

I found the Advanced Bash Scripting Guide extremely valuable.
http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/

You might be interested in these particular parts :
http://www.tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/pathmanagement.html
http://www.tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/globbingref.html

Regards,

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