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Re: findfile on unix bug - help [message #26925 is a reply to message #26924]

Thu, 04 October 2001 13:39

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On Thu, 4 Oct 2001 13:43:43 -0600, R.G.S. <rgs1967@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
>
> I have a problem running my code on a unix machine
> (idlv5.4). The command is as follows:
>
>
> files = findfile(subdirectory+'*.dat',count=num)

On Linux and IDL 5.2, I do: result=findfile('subdirectory/*.dat') and it
works fine, what's the "+" for anyways?

-Steve

>
> This does not give me the files in that subdirectory, rather it gives me the
> files in the current folder.
>
>
>
> So now if I do the same command as:
> files = findfile(subdirectory+'*',count=num)
> I do get the entire listing. This is how I work around it,
> however, it is possible that there are files other than the *.dat
> and I want to filter on those. This works in win2000 nicely, so
> what is the problem on the unix side?
>
> I can use * in unix command lines. For instance
>> ls *.txt
> lists only the txt files.
>
> So how do I perform this command so as to find and filter
> the *.dat files?
>
>
> Cheers,
> bob stockwell
> colorado research associates
> boulder co usa
>
>
> -- didn't find anything helpful on google groups
>
>
>

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		Re: findfile on unix bug - help By: R.G.S. on Thu, 04 October 2001 13:48
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