auto-mode-alist and regular expression

auto-mode-alist and regular expression

[Decebal]

Because files with names like 'adm[a-z]{3}' (admapp, admenv,
admchk, ...) really are shell-scripts, I have in my auto-mode-alist:
         ("/adm[a-z]*\\'"   . shell-script-mode)

But I would like something like:
         ("/adm[a-z]{3}\\'"   . shell-script-mode)

The problem is that this not work.
Offcourse I could do something like:
         ("/adm[a-z][a-z][a-z]\\'"   . shell-script-mode)

But I would prefer a neater solution. Is this possible?

Re: auto-mode-alist and regular expression

[Juanma Barranquero]

> But I would like something like:
>         ("/adm[a-z]{3}\\'"   . shell-script-mode)

Does

  ("/adm[a-z]\\{3\\}\\'" . shell-script-mode)

work?

    Juanma

Re: auto-mode-alist and regular expression

[Cecil Westerhof]

2009/1/14 Juanma Barranquero <lekktu@gmail.com>:
>> But I would like something like:
>>         ("/adm[a-z]{3}\\'"   . shell-script-mode)
>
> Does
>
>  ("/adm[a-z]\\{3\\}\\'" . shell-script-mode)
>
> work?

It does. I should have tought about it myself. :-{
Thanks.

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Cecil Westerhof