list files with first char within specific range

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I need to list all files that have first char within a specific range.

If I use Powershell I can do this with

gci [a-c]*

How can I do it from command line?

Jack Shainsky · Answer 1 · 2011-05-22 11:13:52Z

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You may use the following command:

dir /b | findstr /R "^[a-c].*"

answered May 22 '11 at 11:13

	Thank you very much. It's perfect. :) I can use even different ranges. ^[a-c\|e-h].*". Thanks again. – eric cartman May 22 '11 at 11:47
	Can you explain me why it's necessary the dot after ]? – eric cartman May 22 '11 at 11:49
	This is a regular expression meaning "anything that starts from a-c range followed by zero or more of any characters (the dot)". I'm used to specifying the regular expressions that way, but actually findstr util doesn't require using the full syntax here, so you may omit the dot and the asterisk. – Jack Shainsky May 22 '11 at 21:00
	Thanks again for the explanation. :) – eric cartman May 23 '11 at 18:28

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