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Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 21:17:54 -0500
From: Craig Durkin <durkin+fbsd@matter.net>
To: CB <chris@JEAH.net>
Cc: questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: your mail
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On Tue, Mar 27, 2001 at 05:51:25PM -0600, CB wrote:
> awww# cd pic*
> pic*: Ambiguous.
> awww#
> 
> In this directory there is "pic22.tgz" and "pic22/"
> 
> You would think that if you type "cd" and there are no other directories
> that match the argument specified, it would simply go to the only directory
> that matches.
> 
> Why doesn't it?
> 

As well, the * operator is blind to what command is being used (such as cd). It's not meant for program-specific matching. It's meant only for generic pattern matching.

Cheers
Craig

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