On Fri, 15 Oct 2010 11:33:45 -0800 Ken Irving <ken.irv...@alaska.edu> wrote:
> Note, though, that the '*' will still be there if the glob operation > fails to expand to anything. > > $ echo foo /usrz* > foo /usrz* > > I guess this makes sense, since just about all characters can be used in > filenames, but I always need to check for this case, e.g., in for loops. Bash has the "nullglob" option to change that behavior. -- D.
