'ls' command and globbing

[Mel Blanchard]

Currently running 8.1.0. I want to use globbing with the 'ls' command but keep running into a stone wall. Does globbing not work in Android when using 'ls'?

 

[ocnbrze]

there is an app:

Spoiler: press me

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.globbing.mobile

Spoiler: Press Me AGain!!!!!!

Just Kidding

i have no idea to be honest what globbing is, but i did find this link:
https://forum.nginx.org/read.php?29,251901

 

[Mel Blanchard]

there is an app:

Spoiler: press me

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.globbing.mobile

Spoiler: Press Me AGain!!!!!!

Just Kidding

i have no idea to be honest what globbing is, but i did find this link:
https://forum.nginx.org/read.php?29,251901

Many thanks. It will take a bit to wade through that but it looks promising.

Globbing is a tool when running commands that allows a form of filtering the command's output. 'ls' in Ubuntu allows you to use a switch (-I) which when invoked, allows you to exclude display of part of the listing output. In a directory where I have mixed files it allows using a string to avoid displaying all 300 files. I can do it with grep but the extra characters that I have to type '| grep -v <string>' gets old after doing a few hundred times a day. 'ls' in Android does not include the '-I' switch so right now I get to exercise the digits.

Thanks again.

Mel

 

[Deleted User]

@Mel Blanchard Define a shell function to do your filtering:

lz() {
   ls -l | grep -v $1
}

Usage:

lz myfile

 

[Mel Blanchard]

Thanks LV246. Good solution but the firm's internal policy does not allow adding scripts as the device is treated as a 'record' with privileged information. I am limited to using what tools are stock and available.