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Hi, this is the problem (example):
matthias-mbp: local mvdigit$ ls
btx_1.jpg btx_2.jpg btx_3.jpg
matthias-mpb: local mvdigit$ ls btx_?.jpg
ls: btx_?.jpg: No such file or directory
So it seems the ?-wildcard is not accepted, which is peculiar because only a couple of days before everything worked just fine.
MacBook Pro; macOS High Sierra 10.13.1
I would appreciate any help, thank you!
MacBook Pro mit Retina display, macOS High Sierra (10.13.1)
Hi again!
Inspired by your "\"-method and grinding my teeth about this almost irrelevant, but still very annoying problem I finally found the answer:
There is the folder "iphone5s", containing a lot of photos and duplicates of those photos: for example
IMG_1983.jpg
IMG_1983(1).jpg
IMG_1984.jpg
IMG_1984(1).jpg
...and so on
ls img_1983.jpg gives me
IMG_1983.jpg
ls img_198?.jpg gives me
'no such file'
ls IMG_198?.jpg gives me (yep!)
IMG_1983.jpg
... so is it case sensitive at least when using the wildcard!
but
ls IMG_????(?).jpg gives me
'syntax error'
ls IMG_????\(?\).jpg (your proposition!)
finally gives me what I want: all my photo duplicates in this directory with file format IMG_xxxx(x).jpg!
So finally it seems my problem is solved!
Thank you again for your inspiration and help!
Happy again,
Matthias
Hi again!
Inspired by your "\"-method and grinding my teeth about this almost irrelevant, but still very annoying problem I finally found the answer:
There is the folder "iphone5s", containing a lot of photos and duplicates of those photos: for example
IMG_1983.jpg
IMG_1983(1).jpg
IMG_1984.jpg
IMG_1984(1).jpg
...and so on
ls img_1983.jpg gives me
IMG_1983.jpg
ls img_198?.jpg gives me
'no such file'
ls IMG_198?.jpg gives me (yep!)
IMG_1983.jpg
... so is it case sensitive at least when using the wildcard!
but
ls IMG_????(?).jpg gives me
'syntax error'
ls IMG_????\(?\).jpg (your proposition!)
finally gives me what I want: all my photo duplicates in this directory with file format IMG_xxxx(x).jpg!
So finally it seems my problem is solved!
Thank you again for your inspiration and help!
Happy again,
Matthias
The command
ls btx_?.jpg
is working for me on High Sierra. Which shell are you using in the Terminal?
Try to escape the underscore character with a backslash. Perhaps the shell you are using is interpreting the underscore in a special way.
% ls btx\_?.jpg
btx_1.jpg btx_2.jpg
Hi Leonie,
thank you very much for your input. Unfortunately '\_' did not solve the problem.
As for the terminal shell - bash: I use the standard terminal app from macOS high sierra anyway.
The ?-wildcard does seems to work as it should do in another folder on my system, what puzzles me even more... Can ist be directory-dependent? Directory permissions are drwxrwrwx - but as far as my very small understanding of bash goes this can not have anything to with the problem.
So once again - thank you!
Matthias
Matthias,
does this work in your folder?
ls btx*.jpg
or
ls btx*.*
Just to check, if the files can be found at all. perhaps there are visible characters in the filename. then the * wildcard should catch them.
Terminal: wildcard "?" not working
