On Sun, Sep 10, 2000 at 09:03:23PM +0859, Masataka Ohta wrote:
I'm assuming you're being facetious.
I* (including but not limited to "I" and "IPv6") are facetious, of course.
??? please clarify ...
A '*' character in a regular expression matches anything including a null string, in this case, "", "Pv6" and maybe more.
A '*' character in a regular expression makes the preceding item match zero or more times including a null string, in this case, "I". A '*' character in a *shell glob* will match anything including a null string, in this case , "", "Pv6" and maybe more. -- |-----< "CODE WARRIOR" >-----| codewarrior@daemon.org * "ah! i see you have the internet twofsonet@graffiti.com (Andrew Brown) that goes *ping*!" andrew@crossbar.com * "information is power -- share the wealth."