On Tue, 2025-08-05 at 17:01 +1000, Michael D. Setzer II via users wrote: > Interesting. Wasn't sure why the * in an empty directory would have > commands work but if in directory with files it would not? > Don't recall what it was that original had me find that it would > work in an empty directory. Don't know if is the command or shell > that is causing the issue. This is absolutely standard behaviour. Certain characters are meaningful to the Shell and if you don't escape them then the Shell will try to interpret them. In the case of '*' that means "Try to match files in the current directory. If none are found, then treat the '*' as a literal". The same would apply to '?' for example. There are some Shell options to change this behaviour (read the man page) but it's safe to assume that most people don't set them. poc -- _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
