UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Then you're not using sh. Sounds like csh or something. Maybe
unset noglob

Ok, I'm really new to Unix scripting, lemme put up the entire file, and maybe that'll help more

#! /bin/sh -f
#This script is designed to be run one level higher than the
#directory of the day (I.E. Nov_01)
#pass the name of the day-folder into the command line
DAY=$1 #set command line arguement as path
HOUR=0000
ZERO=0
cd $DAY #enter day directory
while [ "$HOUR" -le "2300" ]
do
echo "Hour = $HOUR"
cd $HOUR
ls s[A-Z]*.lis > file_list.txt
cd ..
HOUR=`expr $HOUR + 0100`
echo "AFTER ADD HOUR = $HOUR"
if [ $HOUR -lt 1000 ];
then
$HOUR=`echo $ZERO$HOUR`
fi
echo "END LOOP HOUR = $HOUR"
done
echo DONE!

sorry for the poor formatting, not sure how to get it spaced the way it was when I pasted it.

Lose the -f on
#! /usr/bin/sh
-f means disable * and ? from expanding. My "set +f" would undo that too. I'm guessing that your login shell is csh and you typed "set +f" into your command line?

actually, when I created the file, that top line was there, -f flag and all