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According to Robert Thompson on 6/26/2007 10:27 AM: > That said, it seems like you aren't pasting the exact command you > actually > tried. echo "*" echoes a single asterisk, "echo *" is a glob character, > interpreted by your shell as all files in the current directory, > passed as > multiple arguments to echo, each of which are then echoed, giving the > output you demonstrated. This is not a bug in echo, but probably a > misunderstanding on your part about shell quoting rules. > >> > Thanks. Can you suggest a reference to shell quoting rules? -- Bob T. You can start out with the shell itself - 'man bash' tries to do a good job. Or you could refer directly to POSIX, http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/utilities/xcu_chap02.html#tag_02_02. But both of these options are a bit harsh if you are learning shell for the first time. A friendlier option is a good reference manual, such as O'Reilly's: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/bash3. There is also plenty to be learned from google. - -- Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well! Eric Blake [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (Cygwin) Comment: Public key at home.comcast.net/~ericblake/eblake.gpg Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGglaR84KuGfSFAYARAkrdAJ4lUx6Vh+IyNBG4r6Bz1Z1fT4vEdQCgxBba 6swpHWgTo+hf31m2TcVMbUw= =YBpg -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list Bug-coreutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
