Re: grep = * vs grep = * foo

2002-10-09 Thread Michael Schaap
On 9-10-2002 2:58, Christopher Faylor wrote: You'll see that delme is not listed. Cygnus wildcard expansion follows (snip) Cygnus? Who's that? ;-) - Michael -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html

Re: grep = * vs grep = * foo

2002-10-09 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Wed, Oct 09, 2002 at 01:15:01PM +0200, Michael Schaap wrote: On 9-10-2002 2:58, Christopher Faylor wrote: You'll see that delme is not listed. Cygnus wildcard expansion follows (snip) Cygnus? Who's that? ;-) OOPS! Slap! How embarrassing. -- Unsubscribe info:

grep = * vs grep = * foo

2002-10-08 Thread Sheryl McKeown
Hello, From the XP Pro command prompt, grepping for = (thru ini files) produces the expected lists. In the directory with the following files [C:\Development\test] .dir 8/23/2002 17:07 0 control.ini 9/13/2002 10:52 213 cr8demo.INI 8/13/1996 8:18

Re: grep = * vs grep = * foo

2002-10-08 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Tue, Oct 08, 2002 at 05:23:05PM -0700, Sheryl McKeown wrote: grepping and redircting the output to a file causes a process loop that has to be killed 17:17 0 [C:\Development\test] .grep = * delme 17:18 66048 [C:\Development\test] .^C What happens is that the grep starts reading the delme

Re: grep = * vs grep = * foo

2002-10-08 Thread Sheryl McKeown
Thanks, cgf, That makes sense. But one more comment grep = *.* delme from the XP prompt does NOT create the infinite loop. It acts like the bash shell. -Sheryl --- Christopher Faylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Oct 08, 2002 at 05:23:05PM -0700, Sheryl McKeown wrote: grepping and

Re: grep = * vs grep = * foo

2002-10-08 Thread Gareth Pearce
Thanks, cgf, That makes sense. But one more comment grep = *.* delme from the XP prompt does NOT create the infinite loop. It acts like the bash shell. well obviously - delme doesnt contain a period. Gareth _ Send and receive

Re: grep = * vs grep = * foo

2002-10-08 Thread Sheryl McKeown
Hi Gareth, That makes sense in the Unix world, but in this particular XP directory *.* returns the same listing as * As you note though, grep = * delme and grep = *.* delme.txt both create an infinite loop. But, grep = *.* delme. does not create the loop. -Sheryl --- Gareth Pearce [EMAIL

Re: grep = * vs grep = * foo

2002-10-08 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Tue, Oct 08, 2002 at 05:41:18PM -0700, Sheryl McKeown wrote: That makes sense in the Unix world, but in this particular XP directory *.* returns the same listing as * As you note though, grep = * delme and grep = *.* delme.txt both create an infinite loop. But, grep = *.* delme. does not

Re: grep = * vs grep = * foo

2002-10-08 Thread Sheryl McKeown
Gotch ya. Thanks Christopher and Gareth. And the . makes all the difference. Best, Sheryl --- Christopher Faylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Oct 08, 2002 at 05:41:18PM -0700, Sheryl McKeown wrote: That makes sense in the Unix world, but in this particular XP directory *.* returns

Re: grep = * vs grep = * foo

2002-10-08 Thread Jon LaBadie
On Tue, Oct 08, 2002 at 08:27:31PM -0400, Christopher Faylor wrote: On Tue, Oct 08, 2002 at 05:23:05PM -0700, Sheryl McKeown wrote: grepping and redircting the output to a file causes a process loop that has to be killed 17:17 0 [C:\Development\test] .grep = * delme 17:18 66048

Re: grep = * vs grep = * foo

2002-10-08 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Wed, Oct 09, 2002 at 01:42:02AM -0400, Jon LaBadie wrote: On Tue, Oct 08, 2002 at 08:27:31PM -0400, Christopher Faylor wrote: On Tue, Oct 08, 2002 at 05:23:05PM -0700, Sheryl McKeown wrote: grepping and redircting the output to a file causes a process loop that has to be killed 17:17 0