cp command bug

[Brian Wasserman]

I accidently typed the following:   cp *inc I had two files that matched in the directory.  The first match copied on top of the second match. I see no idea why anybody would expect this result.  This should be sealed off and return an error message since this action destroyed a file of mine I had to recover from a backup.   i.e. before  -------- a.inc:  hello world b.inc:   oh my   action --------- cp *inc   after -------- a.inc:  hello world b.inc:   hello world     Thanks, Brian