Question

I have a list of files with numeric file names (e.g. #.php, ##.php or ###.php) that I’d like to copy/move in one fell swoop.

Does anyone know of an ls or grep combo command to accomplish this objective?

I do have this much:

ls -al | grep "[0-9].php"

Answer 1

You can use regular expression when listing files:

ls [0-9]*

This was an easy and minimalistic approach at the above problem but I think a better solution is

ls -al | grep -E '^[0-9]+\.php$'

as UncleZeiv explains below.