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List:       bash-bug
Subject:    Re: [Help-bash] help
From:       Charles Daffern <seejay.11 () gmail ! com>
Date:       2016-03-08 1:01:40
Message-ID: 56DE2474.4010307 () gmail ! com
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On 07/03/16 03:44, Val Krem wrote:
> Hi John and all,
>
> I created several files *.txt and when I execute the this command,=20
>
>
> autil +10  *txt
>
>
> It is listing the first file only!!!
>
Your function only deals with 2 arguments, but you are passing it
several arguments, not just 2. Bash will expand *txt to all files ending
in txt, resulting in many more arguments than you intended. To avoid
this, you should quote it:

autil +10 '*txt'


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