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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@labs.coraid.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2012 10:46:58 -0400
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Subject: Re: [9fans] empty *
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> cpu%  echo hola | grep '*'
> grep: *: syntax error
> cpu%  echo hola | grep ''
> grep: empty pattern
>
>
> grep '*' and grep '' should still be the same, shouldn't they?

yes, but does it matter?  you correctly get an error either way.

- erik