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Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2012 11:54:28 +0200
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From: Gorka Guardiola <paurea@gmail.com>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] empty *
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On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 11:32 AM, Peter A. Cejchan <tyapca7@gmail.com> wrot=
e:
> This is from manpage, but I not sure what _exactly_ it means, and whether=
 it
> applies to your problem:
> =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Care should be taken when using the shell met=
acharacters
> =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 $*[^|()=3D\ and newline in pattern; it is saf=
est to enclose
> =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 the entire expression in single quotes '...'.=
=A0 An expression
> =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 starting with '*' will treat the rest of the =
expression as
> =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 literal characters.
>

Everything is enclosed in '' the shell is not seeing this.

G.