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Below, should doggy.txt have been deleted?
Code:
v:\> del doggy.txt.*
Deleting V:\doggy.txt
Deleting V:\doggy.txt.aa
Deleting V:\doggy.txt.ab
    3 files deleted
 
v:\> del doggy.txt.?*
Deleting V:\doggy.txt
Deleting V:\doggy.txt.aa
Deleting V:\doggy.txt.ab
    3 files deleted
 
v:\> del doggy.txt.??
Deleting V:\doggy.txt
Deleting V:\doggy.txt.aa
Deleting V:\doggy.txt.ab
    3 files deleted
 
Below, should doggy.txt have been deleted?
Code:
v:\> del doggy.txt.*
Deleting V:\doggy.txt
Deleting V:\doggy.txt.aa
Deleting V:\doggy.txt.ab
    3 files deleted
 
v:\> del doggy.txt.?*
Deleting V:\doggy.txt
Deleting V:\doggy.txt.aa
Deleting V:\doggy.txt.ab
    3 files deleted
 
v:\> del doggy.txt.??
Deleting V:\doggy.txt
Deleting V:\doggy.txt.aa
Deleting V:\doggy.txt.ab
    3 files deleted


Have you tried this?

Code:
DEL DOGGY.TXT.[?]*
 
Or, probably more appropriate to what you're trying to do:

Code:
del doggy.txt[.]*

The [.] only matches an actual period character. (I presume TCC's somewhat surprising behavior is meant to accommodate the die-hard DOSheads who continue to use *.* to mean "all files"....)
 
Have you tried this?

Code:
DEL DOGGY.TXT.[?]*
Yes, and that works. I had to write a little program to remind myself how the Win32 FindFirstFile/FindNextFile functions worked. Indeed, according to them, "doggy.txt" matches "doggy.txt.??".
 

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