08-25-2015
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Originally Posted by
shah9250
Last question though , is how does (*) cause the system to ignore spaces in file names?
It doesn't "ignore". * gives valid filenames, split where they should be.
But cramming the result of * into one string flattens it out. It forgets where the filenames begin and end.
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Also how does (*) know to refer to the output of (ls)
You have it completely backwards. * does not need
ls's help to do anything. You can plug * into anything that takes multiple arguments, and the shell will convert it into filenames for you, before the command is even run.
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If (*) is a wildcard and refers to anything, how does using (*) in the for loop cause the system to read the output of ls (ignoring spaces)? Thanks!
It doesn't. ls isn't needed at all.
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Features:
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