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From: andrew@frip.gwd.tek.com (Andrew Klossner)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: redirection before wildcards
Message-ID: <10066@tekecs.TEK.COM>
Date: 11 Jun 88 23:37:40 GMT
References: <16101@brl-adm.ARPA> <670021@hpclscu.HP.COM>
Sender: andrew@tekecs.TEK.COM
Organization: Tektronix, Wilsonville, Oregon
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	"for curiosity's sake, why exactly are redirections performed
	*before* wildcard expansions?"

So that, in simple-minded shells without filename completion, I can type

	filter <in* | lpr

to mean

	filter <in_service_report.88Apr12.version2A | lpr

  -=- Andrew Klossner   (decvax!tektronix!tekecs!andrew)       [UUCP]
                        (andrew%tekecs.tek.com@relay.cs.net)   [ARPA]