redirection before wildcards

Andrew Klossner andrew at frip.gwd.tek.com
Sun Jun 12 09:37:40 AEST 1988


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	"for curiosity's sake, why exactly are redirections performed
	*before* wildcard expansions?"

So that, in simple-minded shells without filename completion, I can type

	filter <in* | lpr

to mean

	filter <in_service_report.88Apr12.version2A | lpr

  -=- Andrew Klossner   (decvax!tektronix!tekecs!andrew)       [UUCP]
                        (andrew%tekecs.tek.com at relay.cs.net)   [ARPA]



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