ls command basics???

Shell Programming and Scripting
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how do i use the ls command with a single argument to list all files whose names end with the letter 'r'?

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$ ls *r
or
$ ls -l *r

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sweet thanks, do you know how to list only 4 letter words in a directory?

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How do i use the ls command with a single argument to list all files whose names contain only 4 letters? Also, How do i use the ls command with a single argument to list all files whose names contain either an 'l' or an 'n' as the third letter?:confused:

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4 letter files

ls | egrep [a-z]{4}

3rd letter l or n

ls | egrep "..[l|n]"

Not sure if "ls" command alone can be used to get all these.

--ahamed

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hmmmm..... i cant get that command to work??

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ls ??[l-n]?

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this will work i guess..if the length of the words is same...
try to increase or decrease the dots depending on the size of the word

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This would also match an "m" at its third place.

ls ??[ln]r

should match "l" or "n" at third place and "r" at forth.

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