Linux file names & file globbing
filenames, glob, linux
Solution
*[89][0-9][0-9].enc
That uses Bash's "pathname expansion" feature (aka "globbing") to match all files ending with a number between 800 and 999 followed by ".enc". (This is not a regular expression).
For example, using the above expression you can do this in your script:
mv *[89][0-9][0-9].enc path/to/destination/
If you need it to also match a file named like "cp850-1.enc", then you would need to change the expression to:
*[89][0-9][0-9]*.enc
Problem
I have a list of files named: file000 file001 file002 file003 ... file1100 How can I match all files that have a number greater than 800 but less than 1000 ? I am using linux bash Thank you Edit Actually, my files are named like: ab869.enc cp936.enc g122345.enc x2022.enc abc8859-14.enc aax5601.enc cp936-1.enc so the first solution dont match the correct files :( How can I match files that have number between 800-999 ?