Re^6: find common data in multiple files

"Do all your 25 filenames start pm_1206312_in and if not what are they like ?" All 25 files ends with .txt and starts with 4_os_ The middle part is different for all 25 files. as an example 4_os_abc.txt, 4_os_def.txt...so on.

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Re^7: find common data in multiple files by AnomalousMonk (Archbishop) on Jan 01, 2018 at 05:56 UTC
"Do all your 25 filenames start pm_1206312_in and if not what are they like ?" I think poj's original question was intended to provoke thought. If the glob pattern you're using is `'pm_1206312_in'` no file with a pattern `'4_os_.txt'` will be matched. Please see the documentation for glob and links therefrom for information on constructing `glob` filename patterns. Give a man a fish: `<%-{-{-{-<`	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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Re^7: find common data in multiple files
by AnomalousMonk (Archbishop) on Jan 01, 2018 at 05:56 UTC

"Do all your 25 filenames start pm_1206312_in and if not what are they like ?"

I think poj's original question was intended to provoke thought. If the glob pattern you're using is 'pm_1206312_in*' no file with a pattern '4_os_*.txt' will be matched. Please see the documentation for glob and links therefrom for information on constructing glob filename patterns.

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