grep = * vs grep = * > foo

[Sheryl McKeown]

Gotch ya.

Thanks Christopher and Gareth.

And the . makes all the difference.

Best,
Sheryl

--- Christopher Faylor <cgf@redhat.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 08, 2002 at 05:41:18PM -0700, Sheryl
> McKeown wrote:
> >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.
> 
> Gareth is correct.
> 
> If you do this:
> 
>   touch delme
>   ls *.*
> 
> You'll see that delme is not listed.  Cygnus
> wildcard expansion follows
> UNIX rules, not MS-DOS rules.  You can't (easily)
> create an actual
> 'delme.' file on Windows.  So, "delme." is the same
> thing as "delme", i.e.
> if you perform an ls on the directory, you'll see a
> file called "delme"
> not "delme.".
> 
> cgf
> 
> >--- Gareth Pearce <tilps@hotmail.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.
> 
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