UNIX command line arguments

[Edward M. Markowski]

In article <352 at ankh.ftl.fl.us> chin at ankh.ftl.fl.us (Albert Chin) writes:
>
>the case of "mv file.* myfile.*". Would **argv then contain "mv file.1
>myfile.1 file.2 myfile.2 file.3 myfile.3". If so, then I understand, but
>if now, then how else does it work.
>

You have it right except for one point. When the shell expands the * or []
or whatever else you put on the line it alphabitizes(sp?) them.

You have to rember that some commands need the parameters in a specific
order. mv will work with many parameters as long as the last one it the
name of a directory.


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