[Tutor] ls *.py[co] >> .hidden

[Albert-Jan Roskam]

----- Original Message -----

> From: Steven D'Aprano <steve at pearwood.info>
> To: tutor at python.org
> Cc: 
> Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2015 6:11 PM
> Subject: Re: [Tutor] ls *.py[co] >> .hidden
> 
> On Thu, May 21, 2015 at 03:54:20PM +0100, Bod Soutar wrote:
> 
>>  ls *.pyc *.pso >> .hidden
>> 
>>  should work
> [...]
>>  As this adds specific results of ls you will need to schedule the
>>  command through cron to get it to automatically add new files
> 
> Yes, but that's the point isn't it? If Nautilus understands regular 
> expressions, then instead of listing every single .pyc file by name, 
> potentially thousands of them, you just need a single entry:
> 
> .*pyc
> 
> to hide *every* .pyc file. Or use .*py[co] for .pyc and .pyo files.
> 
> If Nautilus *doesn't* understand regular expressions, well, that's just 
> another example of why Gnome is not good enough for serious work.
> 
> This suggests that Nautilus doesn't accept wildcards:
> 
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1730696


You're right, I just tried it:


# does NOT work:

echo *.py[co] > .hidden

# works (but you need a cronjob):

ls *.py[co] > .hidden

I just created an alias for this:
alias hidepycs="ls *.py[co] > .hidden"


No idea whether there exists some sneaky way to make Nautilius understand regexes. I could make an enhancement request, but with Debian this would become effective like 15 years later :-)

regards,
Albert-Jan