[ACCEPTED]-Can I use shell wildcards to select filenames ranging across double-digit numbers (e.g., from foo_1.jpg to foo_54.jpg)?-wildcard
I assume you want to copy these files to 1 another directory:
cp -t target_directory foo_{0..54}.jpg
I like glenn jackman answer, but if you really want to 9 use globbing, following might also work 8 for you:
$ shopt -s extglob
$ cp foo_+([0-9]).jpg $targetDir
In extended globbing +() matches one 7 or more instances of whatever expression 6 is in the parentheses.
Now, this will copy 5 ALL files that are named foo_ followed by any 4 number, followed by .jpg. This will include 3 foo_55.jpg, foo_139.jpg, and foo_1223218213123981237987.jpg.
On second thought, glenn jackman 2 has the better answer. But, it did give 1 me a chance to talk about extended globbing.
ls foo_[0-9].jpg foo_[1-4][0-9].jpg foo_5[0-4].jpg
Try 2 it with ls and if that looks good to you 1 then do the copy.
for i in `seq 0 54`; do cp foo_$i.jpg <target>; done
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An extension answer of @grok12's answer 3 above
$ ls foo_([0-9]|[0-4][0-9]|5[0-4]).jpg
Basically the regex above will match 2 below
- anything with a single digit OR
- two digits and that first digit must be between 0-4 and second digit between 0-9 OR
- two digits and that first digit is 5 and second digit between 0-9
Alternatively you can achieve similar 1 result with regex below
$ ls file{[0-9],[0-4][0-9],5[0-4]}.txt
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