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Re: Asterisk expansion...
- To: "Robertson, Jason V" <jason dot v dot robertson at intel dot com>
- Subject: Re: Asterisk expansion...
- From: Matthias Morche <Matthias dot Morche at sat1 dot de>
- Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1998 16:49:32 +0200
- CC: gnu-win32 at cygnus dot com
- Organization: (privat)
- References: <7BEBE893ABDFD111AC3F00A0C96B159F5C4CD6@FMSMSX32>
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?
...
Did You ever try:
c:> echo "*.*"
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