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Re: globstar question


From: L A Walsh
Subject: Re: globstar question
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2017 20:22:36 -0700
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Chet Ramey wrote:
On 4/28/17 8:09 PM, L A Walsh wrote:
ls **Tokyo*
(nothing)
ls ***Tokyo*
(nothing)
ls **Tokyo**Tokyo*
(nothing)
ls **/*Tokyo*
(found multiple matches (including the one I was
searching for))

Because the first two search for files containing the string `Tokyo' in the
current directory and the third finds files containing `Tokyo' twice.
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   So '**' is only special when it's a token by itself?




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