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Hello,
On 2018-12-21 8:32 a.m., Ricky Tigg wrote:
Command executed:
$ cat a* >> b*
bash: b*: ambiguous redirect
Thought the same syntax is used with success when applied only to source
files:
$ cat a* >> b
$
Probably a bug.
This is not a bug - it is the result of the shell (not cat)
performing glob-expansion (i.e. the "b*" string expands multiple
existing files whose name starts with "b").
Consider the following example:
$ touch b1 b2 b3
$ echo > b*
-bash: b*: ambiguous redirect
As such, I'm closing this as "notabug".
Discussion can continue by replying to this thread.
-assaf
