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From: IA80001@MAINE.BITNET (George Newell)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.sys.att
Subject: Re: Strangeness in shell
Message-ID: <1643IA80001@MAINE>
Date: 19 Jul 89 19:46:43 GMT
Organization: University of Maine System
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When you put the asterisk (*) on a line with spaces around it, the shell will
substitute all the names in the current directory for it.  Apparently, when you
included the letter after the asterisk and space, the shell interpreted the
letter as a path name for the directory listing to print.  I hope this info
helps.

George Newell
IA80001@MAINE.BITNET