Re: Regex hackery

Note that you will have ambiguities

3. go 2 286.22 MB
[download]

go 2,286.22
  -or-
go,2286.22
[download]

I used the colon because no desktop OS would allow that in a filename, so I am safe.

I guess you only tried the single one that doesn't allow you (Windows). All unixy system allows you to have colons in file names, incl linux and Macs.

(Doh! I meant to call my Mac using roomy to confirm that the Mac desktop allows you to use colons before posting this, but it seems I submitted the post without even realising it. Feel free to correct me.)

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Re^2: Regex hackery by graff (Chancellor) on Jun 13, 2009 at 17:01 UTC
`$ uname -s Darwin $ touch test:file $ ls test:file test:file` [download] Yep, file names with colons are okay on macosx.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: Regex hackery by ikegami (Patriarch) on Jun 13, 2009 at 20:40 UTC
I asked about the GUI. I don't expect it to be any different, but the OP specifically talked about desktops.	[reply]
Re^4: Regex hackery by Your Mother (Archbishop) on Jun 14, 2009 at 05:07 UTC
10.4 doesn't like it from the Finder. It rejects it: "The name 'blah:blah' cannot be used. Try using another name, with fewer characters or no punctuation marks."	[reply]