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Re: shell limitation


From: Paul Eggert
Subject: Re: shell limitation
Date: 17 Aug 2003 23:52:40 -0700
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Werner LEMBERG <address@hidden> writes:

> The following
> 
>   for i = *.info; do ...
> 
> works with Bash but fails with other shells (which search for a file
> called `*.info').

Sorry, I don't follow.  Can you give a complete example?

When I tried it with bash, it seemed to behave like other shells.
E.g.,:

$ mkdir d
$ cd d
$ for i in *.info; do echo "$i"; done
*.info
$ 




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