An odd difference between "cat file" and "cat<file"

Joe Presley presley at mhuxj.UUCP
Thu Apr 19 00:09:41 AEST 1984


If you give the Korn Shell# "cmd <*glop*", and *glop* expands to a
single file name, it'll use the name.  If it expands to more than one
name, it'll keep the literal *glop* and you get the message

	sh: *glop*: cannot open

Similar effects for > and >>.
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   Joe Presley (mhuxj!presley, ihnp4!j.presley)



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