Asterisk expansion...

[Matthias Morche]

Robertson, Jason V wrote:
...
> There seems to be an inconsistency in how * is interpreted.  When you
> run, say, 'echo.exe' from the commandline you get the following:
> C:> echo *.*
> <Contents of C: are listed>
> C:> echo \*.\*
> \*.\*
> 
> So why does it expand the glob in the first instance, and not unescape
> them in the second?  And doesn't this mean it's impossible to echo the
> string:
> *.*
> from cmd?
...

Did You ever try:
c:> echo "*.*"
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