Thread: Shell one-liner challenge
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2010-08-21 , 16:46
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#14
Originally Posted by BlackDiamond View Post
the dot is simply part of the name with no difference from any letter so * actually means 'all the files'
Nope, try "echo *" and "echo *.*" in $HOME for instance and/or see glob(7).
 

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