> Correct, I was not trying do-file code, in which (interactive) case /*
> means naught. But this DOES work in do-file code;
>
> -- start do file --
> cd /applications/stata/ado/base
> local c = c(alpha)
>
> foreach w of local c {
> local arg "`w'/*.ado"
> di "`arg'"
> ls `arg'
> }
> -- end do file --
>
> Quoting the expression containing the forward slash protects it from
> being interpreted as a comment, and it will work in a shell command.
>
I can confirm that quoting protects the forward slash from being interpreted as a
comment, but for some reason Stata8.2 (born 10 Jan 2005) under GNU/Linux then fails
to interpret the directory path correclty....
. do /home/heil/tmp/test/test
. local slash "/"
. forval x = 1/1{
2. !ls /home/neil/tmp/test`slash'*.*
3. !ls ~/tmp/test`slash'*.*
4. !ls "/home/neil/tmp/test/*.*"
5. !ls "~/tmp/test/*.*"
6. }
/home/neil/tmp/test/test.do
/home/neil/tmp/test/test.do~
/home/neil/tmp/test/test.do
/home/neil/tmp/test/test.do~
ls: /home/neil/tmp/test/*.*: No such file or directory
ls: ~/tmp/test/*.*: No such file or directory
.
end of do-file
...which I find a bit strange?
Neil
Neil Shephard
Genetics Statistician
ARC Epidemiology Unit, University of Manchester
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