Help with regexp

[Michael Hertel]

I’m using tpsDirParse on an ftp interface.

I feed it {PATTERN ^pt*} thinking it will find only files that start with pt

Silly me, it found and liked pk_diag_2010_06.dat

Did I mention I don’t like regexp in the first place? 🙂

Rather than figuring this out on my own or recoding, could one of you tell me what pattern I would want?

Thanks in advance!

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[Kevin Kinnell]

Michael Hertel wrote:

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I feed it {PATTERN ^pt*} thinking it will find only files that start with pt

Silly me, it found and liked pk_diag_2010_06.dat

…

You told it to look for patterns that match

Starting with ‘p’, and followed by an number of ‘t’, including none.

You could fix it with ^pt+ (start with ‘p’ followed by at least one ‘t’) or

^pt.* (start with ‘p’ followed by ‘t’ followed by any number of anything.)

HTH

[Max Drown (Infor)]

Please place the related block of code from your script and a directory listing from the ftp server.

-- Max Drown (Infor)

[Michael Hertel]

From tpsDirParse:

if { [regexp — $pattern $fileName] } {

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[Jim Kosloskey]

Michael,

Would lmatch work for you instead of regexp?

I use lmatch in my directory parse routine and it does the trick.

There are switches to control the lmatch (-exect, -glob, and -regexp if I recall – but I understand not wanting to use regexp if possible).

If you want I can send you those procs and you can see what I did.

just email me.

email: jim.kosloskey@jim-kosloskey.com 29+ years Cloverleaf, 59 years IT - old fart.

[Michael Hertel]

Thanks Jim,

lmatch probably would work.

I was hoping to get by with what I had without recoding.

That being said, I’m about to start working with 5.8 and will probably take you up on your offer.

[Michael Hertel]

Thanks Jim,

lmatch probably would work.

I was hoping to get by with what I had without recoding.

That being said, I’m about to start working with 5.8 and will probably take you up on your offer.

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