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From:	"Gareth Pearce" <tilps AT hotmail DOT com>
To:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject:	Re: grep = * vs grep = * > foo
Date:	Wed, 09 Oct 2002 00:35:14 +0000
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>Thanks, cgf, That makes sense.
>
>But one more comment
>
>"grep = *.* > delme" from the XP prompt does NOT
>create the infinite loop.  It acts like the bash
>shell.

well obviously - delme doesnt contain a period.

Gareth

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