. matches a single character.  It needs to be escaped in regular  
expressions.

On Dec 14, 2007, at 8:27 AM, jeff donovan wrote:

> Greetings
>
> I have a regular expression I am having difficulty incorporating  
> into an apple script
>
> I have a folder with a bunch of files labeled 1234. 1235. 1236 etc,..
> so I have been using this to delete only these files but leave the  
> others alone;
>
> rm -f $( ls /Users/drfoo/scripts/HERE/Deleted\ Message | grep  
> "[0-9]\.")
>
> the folder " deleted message " does have a space in the name, i  
> can't change that. it's when i get to the digit period that apple  
> script yells at me so then I'm forced to do this
>
> do shell script "rm -f $(ls " & folderPath & aName & "/deleted\\  
> messages/ | grep [0-9]\\.)"
>
> this is not working . any hints?
>
> -j
>
> "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is.
> A route indicates how we get there."
>
> - RFC 791, Internet Protocol (September 1981), Editor: Jon Postel
>