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On 2008-08-10 21:33Z, Joe's wrote:
> 
> echo ********************************************
[...results in...]
> Data Mail max_mem.c mbox msmtp.log procmail.log tmp
> 
> Look at the last line, bash seen interpreted my echo
> command in last line as ls command, that not suppose to be.

See "shell expansions" in the bash manual.

> Finally I able to fix using slash in front of *

A more robust way is to quote it:
  echo '***'
See "quoting" in the bash manual.

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