On Sat, 2009-07-25 at 11:11 -0600, Frank Cox wrote: > On Sat, 25 Jul 2009 12:26:51 -0430 > Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > > What's wrong with > > > > echo * > > > > and > > > > echo */* > > > 1. Because the "ls" never completes and eventually bombs out So? In both your example and mine the * is expanded by the Shell. There's no difference. > 2. The entire directory listing shows up on one single long line with a > simple echo * command. True, but does it matter in this case? poc -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
