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From: jlg@lanl.gov (Jim Giles)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: UNIX mind-set  -> OK, OK!
Message-ID: <11314@lanl.gov>
Date: 14 Jan 91 02:25:54 GMT
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Ok!  Everyone's right and I'm wrong (about the _single_ issue below).

Yes, both of the shells that are bundled with versions of UNIX _do_
automatically trash (that is, 'process') the command line arguments to
expand wildcards.  Explains why I don't use the bundled command shells
much.  This is a choice that _should_ be left to the discretion of the
utility writer.

J. Giles