From: bandy@aplcomm.jhuapl.edu (Mike Bandy)
Subject: Re: Asterisk expansion...
24 Jul 1998 22:39:01 -0700
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On Thu, 23 Jul 1998, Robertson, Jason V wrote:

> There seems to be an inconsistency in how * is interpreted.  When you
> run, say, 'echo.exe' from the commandline you get the following:
> C:> echo *.*
> <Contents of C: are listed>
> C:> echo \*.\*
> \*.\*
> 
> So why does it expand the glob in the first instance, and not unescape
> them in the second?  And doesn't this mean it's impossible to echo the
> string:
> *.*
> from cmd?

echo '*.*'

Strings put in single quotes are not expanded by the shell.

	Mike
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