> >I just created a directory with this name '*ist D'
> >No problem, so it is not correct to state that 'none of us' will be able
> >to do that, I love Linux.
> If I remember correctly you can do that in UNIX, it may, probably will have
> side effects. (I'm not even going to try to predict what then may be).
The side effect is that you have to quote the filename (or directory
name) to access it. For example:
cd "*ist D"
cd \*ist\ D
more "*ist D/specs.txt"
UNIX and Linux are interchangeable in this regard. (And several
others, of course.)
-- Glenn
