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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# Yes, I know, it's not available outside AT&T yet.
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Joe Presley (mhuxj!presley, ihnp4!j.presley)
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