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 Message-ID: <20010327211754.A691@matter.net> In-Reply-To: <1.5.4.32.20010327235125.0066b348@JEAH.net>; from chris@JEAH.net on Tue, Mar 27, 2001 at 05:51:25PM -0600 References: <1.5.4.32.20010327235125.0066b348@JEAH.net>
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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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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