From: Peter Bailey <pbailey@...>
Date: 2006-11-27T23:37:34+09:00
Subject: Re: A directory "grep" in RUBY?

Robert Klemme wrote:
> On 24.11.2006 15:38, Peter Bailey wrote:
>> Hi,
>> Can someone point me to a quick "grep" like function in RUBY? I use glob 
>> all the time, but, I need the power of regular expressions when finding 
>> particular files in directories. I see "grep" in the Pickaxe manual, 
>> but, only as it relates to ".enum," which, sorry to say, I don't 
>> understand.
>> 
>> I need something like this, even though, I know this doesn't work:
>> Dir.glob(/^f[0-9]{7}\.eps/)
> 
> Dir.glob('f*.eps').grep(/^f[0-9]{7}\.eps$/)
> 
> There's plenty more options around.
> 
>   robert

Grepping on a glob. That makes sense. I knew that grep could be used 
somehow. Thanks, Robert.

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