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Re: grep = * vs grep = * > foo
- From: Sheryl McKeown <iboulder at yahoo dot com>
- To: Gareth Pearce <tilps at hotmail dot com>
- Cc: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2002 17:41:18 -0700 (PDT)
- Subject: Re: grep = * vs grep = * > foo
- Reply-to: smckeown at mac dot com
Hi Gareth,
That makes sense in the Unix world, but in this
particular XP directory *.* returns the same listing
as *
As you note though,
grep = * > delme and
grep = *.* > delme.txt
both create an infinite loop.
But, "grep = *.* > delme." does not create the loop.
-Sheryl
--- Gareth Pearce <tilps@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> >Thanks, cgf, That makes sense.
> >
> >But one more comment
> >
> >"grep = *.* > delme" from the XP prompt does NOT
> >create the infinite loop. It acts like the bash
> >shell.
>
> well obviously - delme doesnt contain a period.
>
> Gareth
>
>
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