From: Garrett Mitchener <wgm2@acpub.duke.edu>
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  Date: 02 Mar 1999 23:30:56 -0500

Re: Question about sools

Tim Bain <tpb2@duke.edu> writes:


> 
> If so, how should we implement the call for M*?  By
> default, UNIX will change this "M*" into a bunch of
> filenames that begin with M, separated by spaces.  So
> we're basically doing a bunch of calls to sools for
> individual files (for example,
> 
> sools s*
> 
> is interpreted as
> 
> sools sools sools.cc sools.o sorter.cc sorter.h sorter.o ...
> 
> so we basically do a bunch of calls like
> sools sools
> sools sools.cc
> sools sools.o
> sools sorter.cc
> sools sorter.h
> sools sorter.o

Sort of.  You are correct in how the s* is expanded, but handling
directory or file names that start with the same letter should be
handled just like

sools foo bar baz spam eggs

> That's not really necessarily the same as searching for
> all files beginning with s...  Is there a good way to pass
> in the *, rather than have UNIX interpret it?  And/or,
> SHOULD we be doing that?
> 
> Thanks.
> Tim

You can pass strings in un-interpreted by the shell by using single
quotes and backslashes.  Try man csh.

	-- Garrett :-)