Re^4: How to replace spaces with different chars?

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$datum =~ s/ /[\\;:,-]/g; system("ls -1 $datum");'
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I have no linux to test at hand, but does ls really support regex-character classes?

and I'm confused why ls should support something above globbing ...

plz enlighten me! :)

Cheers Rolf
_{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language :)

Wikisyntax for the Monastery}

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Re^5: How to replace spaces with different chars? by hippo (Archbishop) on Jul 07, 2022 at 13:48 UTC
does ls really support regex-character classes? It isn't `ls` which supports it, but the shell's globbing. All shell globs support character classes inside square brackets. Well, all Bourne-like shells anyway. 🦛	[reply] [d/l]
Re^6: How to replace spaces with different chars? by LanX (Saint) on Jul 07, 2022 at 14:03 UTC
My bad, indeed I forgot about this https://perldoc.perl.org/File::Glob#META-CHARACTERS but now it's simpler to just use `glob` directly instead of shelling out to a non-portable command. Cheers Rolf _{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language :) Wikisyntax for the Monastery}	[reply]
Re^5: How to replace spaces with different chars? by kcott (Archbishop) on Jul 07, 2022 at 14:19 UTC
I see ++hippo has provided an answer. For full documentation of what's happening, see man bash; follow the EXPANSION link; scroll down (lots) to "Pathname Expansion" for screenfuls of information. — Ken	[reply]