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Re: shell limitation
From: |
Werner LEMBERG |
Subject: |
Re: shell limitation |
Date: |
Mon, 18 Aug 2003 10:35:24 +0200 (CEST) |
> > 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
> $
Indeed. But compare with this (I have bash 2.05.0):
$ mkdir d
$ cd d
$ touch a.info b.info c.info
$ for i in *.info; do echo "$i"; done
a.info
b.info
c.info
$
Some shells still search `*.info'.
Werner