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Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2012 16:50:22 +0200
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Subject: Re: [9fans] empty *
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On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 4:46 PM, erik quanstrom
<quanstro@labs.coraid.com> wrote:
>> cpu% =A0echo hola | grep '*'
>> grep: *: syntax error
>> cpu% =A0echo hola | grep ''
>> grep: empty pattern
>>
>>
>> grep '*' and grep '' should still be the same, shouldn't they?
>
> yes, but does it matter?

Probably not.

G.