Why is “find” on OSX having trouble with regex?
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find -E . -type f -iregex ".Diss..tex" -exec basename {} +
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find -E . -type f -iregex "(.*/).Diss..tex" -exec basename {} +
Finds ALL files with extension .tex, but does not limit their names to Diss*.tex
Is it OSX malfunctioning, or is the regex wrong?
regex macos find
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Dmitry Starostin
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find -E . -type f -iregex ".Diss..tex" -exec basename {} +
or
find -E . -type f -iregex "(.*/).Diss..tex" -exec basename {} +
Finds ALL files with extension .tex, but does not limit their names to Diss*.tex
Is it OSX malfunctioning, or is the regex wrong?
regex macos find
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find -E . -type f -iregex ".Diss..tex" -exec basename {} +
or
find -E . -type f -iregex "(.*/).Diss..tex" -exec basename {} +
Finds ALL files with extension .tex, but does not limit their names to Diss*.tex
Is it OSX malfunctioning, or is the regex wrong?
regex macos find
asked Nov 15 at 18:27
Dmitry Starostin
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find -E . -type f -iregex ".Diss..tex" -exec basename {} +
or
find -E . -type f -iregex "(.*/).Diss..tex" -exec basename {} +
Finds ALL files with extension .tex, but does not limit their names to Diss*.tex
Is it OSX malfunctioning, or is the regex wrong?
regex macos find
regex macos find
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The .* pattern matches any 0 or more chars, hence the Myfile may appear in any part of the path. See your regex demo:
You may restrict the Myfile to only appear after the last / if you replace those .* at the end with [^/]* matching any 0+ chars other than /.
The pattern will look like
.*/[^/]*Myfile[^/]*.tex
Here is a demo of what it will match.
answered Nov 15 at 18:38
Wiktor Stribiżew
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Excellent! All clear now.
– Dmitry Starostin
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The .* pattern matches any 0 or more chars, hence the Myfile may appear in any part of the path. See your regex demo:
You may restrict the Myfile to only appear after the last / if you replace those .* at the end with [^/]* matching any 0+ chars other than /.
The pattern will look like
.*/[^/]*Myfile[^/]*.tex
Here is a demo of what it will match.
answered Nov 15 at 18:38
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Excellent! All clear now.
– Dmitry Starostin
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The .* pattern matches any 0 or more chars, hence the Myfile may appear in any part of the path. See your regex demo:
You may restrict the Myfile to only appear after the last / if you replace those .* at the end with [^/]* matching any 0+ chars other than /.
The pattern will look like
.*/[^/]*Myfile[^/]*.tex
Here is a demo of what it will match.
answered Nov 15 at 18:38
Wiktor Stribiżew
305k16124201
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Excellent! All clear now.
– Dmitry Starostin
Nov 15 at 19:32
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up vote
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The .* pattern matches any 0 or more chars, hence the Myfile may appear in any part of the path. See your regex demo:
You may restrict the Myfile to only appear after the last / if you replace those .* at the end with [^/]* matching any 0+ chars other than /.
The pattern will look like
.*/[^/]*Myfile[^/]*.tex
Here is a demo of what it will match.
answered Nov 15 at 18:38
Wiktor Stribiżew
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The .* pattern matches any 0 or more chars, hence the Myfile may appear in any part of the path. See your regex demo:
You may restrict the Myfile to only appear after the last / if you replace those .* at the end with [^/]* matching any 0+ chars other than /.
The pattern will look like
.*/[^/]*Myfile[^/]*.tex
Here is a demo of what it will match.
answered Nov 15 at 18:38
Wiktor Stribiżew
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answered Nov 15 at 18:38
Wiktor Stribiżew
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answered Nov 15 at 18:38
Wiktor Stribiżew
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answered Nov 15 at 18:38
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Excellent! All clear now.
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Excellent! All clear now.
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