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On 3/11/2011 9:39 AM, Eric Blake said this:
> On 03/11/2011 08:28 AM, Tim Daneliuk wrote:
>> echo /opt/IBN/df | tr [A-Z] [a-z]
>>
>> produces:
>>
>>    /opt/xxx/df
> 
> Let me guess - you have a file named 'x' in the current directory.
> 
> Quote your arguments, so that the shell won't glob them:
> 
> echo /opt/IBN/df | tr '[A-Z]' '[a-z]'
> 
> This is not cygwin-specific.
> 

OK, then why the "correct" behavior on FreeBSD 8.2 and RHEL 5.5,
both running bash I wonder ...

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