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I want to match all filenames having a specific extension which is to be input by the user. I tried read ele # ele is the extension like txt,csv,log,doc,etc... ls ...
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  1. 11-15-2010 #1
    bs0409
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    Match input pattern with awk

    I want to match all filenames having a specific extension which is to be input by the user.

    I tried

    read ele # ele is the extension like txt,csv,log,doc,etc...
    ls -l | nawk -v z="\.$ele" '$9 ~ z {print}'

    But it does not work.

    Can anybody help....???
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  2. 11-15-2010 #2
    Franklin52
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    This should be sufficient IMHO:

    Code:
    ls *.ele
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