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From: john@sco.COM (John R. MacMillan)
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Subject: Re: Globbing
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Date: 11 Mar 91 15:49:37 GMT
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|  I can imagine a command:
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|	read_mail *.net_mbx -only_from *.RMT-HOST -subject *glob*
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| [...]
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|  Nuke city with a shell globber.

read_mail \*.net_mbx -only_from \*.RMT-HOST -subject '*glob*'

If you don't want globbing in your shell, turn it off.  If you want
your programs to do globbing, or more complex regexps, do it.  If
people with globbing shells then have to quote things, big deal.