From: gwtmp01@... Date: 2006-08-15T02:05:12+09:00 Subject: Re: Trouble parsing against a hash On Aug 14, 2006, at 12:42 PM, Peter Bailey wrote: > File.fnmatch('#{key}*', #{psfile}) Your quotes are wrong. I think this is what you are looking for: File.fnmatch("#{key}*", psfile)