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smoker 03-04-2010 08:23 AM
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Originally Posted by MTK358 (Post 3885478)
I am not saying that "extensions" are not used, I am saying that the Unix operating system itself does not have such a concept (they are just used for user convenience, and some programs may require them), and that unlike Windows, Unix filenames are allowed not to have an extension, so *.* will not match all files.
Rubbish.
Try it yourself.
* matches all files
*.* matches all files with a name, a . and following text.
You don't necessarily need *.*, just * but it doesn't stop the command working.

http://www.psc.edu/general/unix/wildcards.php

MTK358 03-04-2010 08:44 AM
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Originally Posted by smoker (Post 3885512)
Rubbish.
Try it yourself.
* matches all files
*.* matches all files with a name, a . and following text.
You don't necessarily need *.*, just * but it doesn't stop the command working.

http://www.psc.edu/general/unix/wildcards.php
I know that "*.*" is valid in BASH and that it will match all files with a dot in the name.

But I assume that the OP meant all files, not only the ones that have a dot in them. And because of the low post count, I assume that the OP thought all filenames had a dot in them because he is used to Windows.

smoker 03-04-2010 09:07 AM
Judging by the text2sound directory name, I am guessing he's using festival or something similar.
An example from the Festival docs:
text2wave myfile.txt -o myfile.wav

Until he posts a listing of the relevant directories, we are all just guessing.


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