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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers how to check if the argument contain wildcard (*,?) ? Post 18695 by LivinFree on Tuesday 2nd of April 2002 05:45:12 AM
Old 04-02-2002
You already asked this question, and had it answered over here:
::merged threads - removed url::

It was also noted that the shell would replace that * with all the things it matched (if any) before sending it iff to the script, so there would not be a way to check for the presence of a "*" unless it was escaped from the shell like this:
your_command a\* or
your_command 'a*'

Last edited by oombera; 02-16-2004 at 12:07 PM..
 

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