Re: Strange file -i

[Chet Ramey]

On 3/5/15 3:52 PM, Stephane Chazelas wrote:
> 2015-03-05 15:20:44 -0500, Chet Ramey:
> [...]
>> For example, I never do this:
>>
>>> $ perl -ne 'print if /foo/' *
>>
>> I just use grep directly.
> 
> That was just a basic example.
> 
> What about:
> 
> sed 's/foo/bar/g' *
> 
> ?

Yes, I literally never do that.

> 
>> Or this:
>>
>>> rm -- *
> [...]
> 
> Then, you're in for some bad surprise some day.

Not yet. I do use ./* when necessary.  This all reinforces my point.

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