JB> is that extension new for version 6 or just a mistake
  > (I thought [square brackets] evaluated to a
  > single chracter, and what does the / get you)
 Square brackets are a range, so "mon_[h-k].txt" is the same as
 listing four files: MON_H.TXT, MON_I.TXT, MON_J.TXT, MON_K.TXT.
 A "/[?" where "?" is "s" or "d" or "t" is a file selection range:
 del /[s0,500]          delete files ranging from 0 thru 500 bytes
 dir /km /[t10:00,%_time]                 show files with times
                                          between ten AM and now
 del /[d1-1-98,+30]     delete files with dates of this January
 And a "!" is exactly the same as a "!" in a plain range, where
 "*.?[!aeiou0-9]?" means "any file with a three-letter extension
 that doesn't have a vowel or number as the middle character".
 So "del /eqyz /[!*.txt,*.fon] *.*" means "delete without
 confirmation all files, including hidden/read-only/system
 ones, that don't have extensions of TXT or FON".
... Poetry must be as new as foam and as old as the rock. * Emerson
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