cpcahil@virtech.uucp (Conor P. Cahill) (11/09/89)
In article <1042@root44.co.uk>, gwc@root.co.uk (Geoff Clare) writes: > In article <20512@mimsy.umd.edu> chris@mimsy.umd.edu (Chris Torek) writes: > > > > % echo *.c > > t.c tet.c t.c > > That's a neat trick, Chris. Care to tell us how you managed it? easy, % cp /dev/null t.c % cp /dev/null tet.c % cp /dev/null "tj\<BACKSPACE>.c " % echo *.c t.c tet.c t.c -- +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Conor P. Cahill uunet!virtech!cpcahil 703-430-9247 ! | Virtual Technologies Inc., P. O. Box 876, Sterling, VA 22170 | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
cmf@obie.cis.pitt.edu (Carl M. Fongheiser) (11/14/89)
In article <1989Nov9.145517.4338@virtech.uucp> cpcahil@virtech.uucp (Conor P. Cahill) writes: ] In article <1042@root44.co.uk>, gwc@root.co.uk (Geoff Clare) writes: ] > In article <20512@mimsy.umd.edu> chris@mimsy.umd.edu (Chris Torek) writes: ] > > ] > > % echo *.c ] > > t.c tet.c t.c ] > ] > That's a neat trick, Chris. Care to tell us how you managed it? ] ] easy, ] ] % cp /dev/null t.c ] % cp /dev/null tet.c ] % cp /dev/null "tj\<BACKSPACE>.c " ] % echo *.c ] t.c tet.c t.c Nah, even easier: cp /dev/null 't.c tet.c t.c' Carl Fongheiser cmf@unix.cis.pitt.edu
merlyn@iwarp.intel.com (Randal Schwartz) (11/16/89)
In article <20619@unix.cis.pitt.edu>, cmf@obie (Carl M. Fongheiser) writes: | In article <1989Nov9.145517.4338@virtech.uucp> cpcahil@virtech.uucp (Conor P. Cahill) writes: | ] In article <1042@root44.co.uk>, gwc@root.co.uk (Geoff Clare) writes: | ] > In article <20512@mimsy.umd.edu> chris@mimsy.umd.edu (Chris Torek) writes: | ] > > | ] > > % echo *.c | ] > > t.c tet.c t.c | ] > | ] > That's a neat trick, Chris. Care to tell us how you managed it? | ] | ] easy, | ] | ] % cp /dev/null t.c | ] % cp /dev/null tet.c | ] % cp /dev/null "tj\<BACKSPACE>.c " | ] % echo *.c | ] t.c tet.c t.c | | Nah, even easier: | | cp /dev/null 't.c tet.c t.c' | | Carl Fongheiser | cmf@unix.cis.pitt.edu Why get /dev/null involved? Or even exec a process? $ >'t.c tet.c t.c' :-) OB Perl Reference: perl -e 'open(STDOUT,">t.c tet.c t.c");' Just another Perl heckler, -- /== Randal L. Schwartz, Stonehenge Consulting Services (503)777-0095 ====\ | on contract to Intel's iWarp project, Hillsboro, Oregon, USA, Sol III | | merlyn@iwarp.intel.com ...!uunet!iwarp.intel.com!merlyn | \== Cute Quote: "Welcome to Oregon... Home of the California Raisins!" ==/