Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site allegra.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!jdd From: jdd@allegra.UUCP (John DeTreville) Newsgroups: net.unix Subject: Re: An odd difference between "cat file" and "cat Date: Wed, 18-Apr-84 12:03:13 EST Article-I.D.: allegra.2424 Posted: Wed Apr 18 12:03:13 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 19-Apr-84 15:27:26 EST References: <3723@utcsrgv.UUCP>, <367@opus.UUCP> <342@tty3b.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill Lines: 29 From: alan@allegra.UUCP (Alan S. Driscoll) Newsgroups: net.unix Subject: Re: An odd difference between "cat file" and "cat> I frankly don't know why there is a difference between cat ab* and >> cat > before anything else. > So tell me, what would you expect to see if ab* matched two or more > files? I would have expected an error message, of course. I would also have expected an error message after typing cat < abc abd In fact, both sh and csh silently ignore 'abc'. (Surprise!) -- Alan S. Driscoll AT&T Bell Laboratories Well, not really. Instead of "cat < abc abd", try "echo < abc abd" and see what happens. Cheers, John ("Illusions Destroyed, Cheap") DeTreville Bell Labs, Murray Hill