Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site tty3b.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!we13!ltuxa!tty3b!tag From: tag@tty3b.UUCP ("Tom Gloger"3974 97320) Newsgroups: net.unix Subject: Re: An odd difference between "cat file" and "cat Date: Tue, 17-Apr-84 08:31:33 EST Article-I.D.: tty3b.342 Posted: Tue Apr 17 08:31:33 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 18-Apr-84 07:11:11 EST References: <3723@utcsrgv.UUCP>, <367@opus.UUCP> <197@alberta.UUCP>, <227@pyuxnn.UUCP> Organization: Teletype Corp., Skokie, Ill Lines: 9 > I frankly don't know why there is a difference between cat ab* and cat It seems to me that file name expansion should be done before anything else. So tell me, what would you expect to see if ab* matched two or more files? -- Tom Gloger AT&T Teletype Corporation Skokie, Illinois ihnp4!ltuxa!tty3b!tag