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Re: [Help-bash] help
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Charles Daffern |
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Re: [Help-bash] help |
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Tue, 8 Mar 2016 01:01:40 +0000 |
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On 07/03/16 03:44, Val Krem wrote:
> Hi John and all,
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> I created several files *.txt and when I execute the this command,
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> autil +10 *txt
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> It is listing the first file only!!!
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Your function only deals with 2 arguments, but you are passing it
several arguments, not just 2. Bash will expand *txt to all files ending
in txt, resulting in many more arguments than you intended. To avoid
this, you should quote it:
autil +10 '*txt'
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