On Saturday 21 Jun 2008, Masatran, R. Deepak wrote: > * Bharathi Subramanian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2008-06-20 > > > $ rm f? -- Remove all files, whose name start with f and > > followed by single char. > > > > $ rm f* -- Remove all files, whose name starting with f. > > It would be better if you indicated that wildcard expansion is done > by the shell, and not by "rm".
Why? IMO, it is redundant. Those who understand shell programming already know that the shell expands the wildcard. Those who don't, to them it does not matter whether the shell or rm expands the filename. -- Arun Khan _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe <password> <address>" in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
