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Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2002 17:41:18 -0700 (PDT)
From: Sheryl McKeown <iboulder AT yahoo DOT com>
Reply-To: smckeown AT mac DOT com
Subject: Re: grep = * vs grep = * > foo
To: Gareth Pearce <tilps AT hotmail DOT com>
Cc: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
In-Reply-To: <F81QkWrvyqunlHsjkiV00005a2b@hotmail.com>
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Hi Gareth,

That makes sense in the Unix world, but in this
particular XP directory *.* returns the same listing
as *

As you note though, 
grep = * > delme and
grep = *.* > delme.txt
both create an infinite loop.

But, "grep = *.* > delme." does not create the loop.

-Sheryl

--- Gareth Pearce <tilps AT hotmail DOT com> wrote:
> 
> >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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