> I've learned to avoid
> globbing as much as possible. In any shell with command
> substitution globbing is unnecessary, and is often dangerous.
> I would happily use a shell with NO globbing, just to avoid
> another source of worries.
i think this is all a bit dramatic.
there are very simple idioms one can
use in the few cases globbing may be
a problem. others have suggested ./<pattern>
and i'd add that one can also use
if(! ~ <pattern> '<pattern>')
something;
but this is seldom necessary. one
might consider having the file server
ban globbing characters in file names.
if i could roll back time, i would push
for regular expressions instead of the
goofy shell matching. then knuth could
have to say that unix is 29 definitions of
regular expressions living under one roof.
:-)
- erik
