"[EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgEDV.net" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > i know things like "cat *lst|wc", but i don't want to type them. > when i try to use wildcards with "<" or ">" in /bin/sh, it fails: > > my input (only one file with this name exists in the current dir): > wc <*lst
Which is equivalent to "wc *lst", so I'm not sure why you'd want to do that... > /bin/sh's output: > cannot open *lst: No such file or directory > > is there a way to configure /bin/sh for "more/better" expansion? No. Incidentally, it is operating as documented (pathname expansion isn't listed as performed on redirection targets), and explicitly allowed by the POSIX standard. > btw, with csh it works fine ;-) And some other shells too, I'm sure. Feel free to fix this yourself; if it still meets the POSIX standards (i.e., still errors out if the expansion returns multiple files), the change would probably be accepted... _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
