ls output

[David Henderson]

On 05/13/2011 08:45 AM, Ralf Friedl wrote:
> David Henderson wrote:
>> On 05/12/2011 05:11 PM, Ralf Friedl wrote:
>>> David Henderson wrote:
>>>> I'm not sure how much it would increase the size of BB, but I 
>>>> wouldn't think much since the 'ls' command already processes regex's.
>>> Well, where exactly does 'ls' already processes regex's?
>>>
>>> Ralf
>>
>> Taken directly from the 'ls --help':
>>
>> -E      PATTERN is an extended regexp
> I don't find an option -E in busybox ls or in coreutils ls. But grep 
> has exactly that option:
> $ ls --help 2>&1 | grep -- -E
> $ grep --help 2>&1 | grep -- -E
>        -E      PATTERN is an extended regexp
>
> Ralf
>

Opps, it appears as though I was looking at the grep help (I was 
scanning through buffered output). lol  It's too early in the morning - 
I retract my regex statement. :)