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Hmm my shell doesn't seem to accept that. I get the following message: ls: cannot access *abc*out: No such file or directory

Ty Seyoum
– Ty Seyoum

2017-04-14 23:40:32 +00:00
Commented Apr 14, 2017 at 23:40
@TySeyoum This is because you don't actually have any file matching that pattern. Since no file matches the pattern, the pattern is left unexpanded, ls tries to use it as a filename, but fails.

Kusalananda
– Kusalananda ♦

2017-04-15 06:20:40 +00:00
Commented Apr 15, 2017 at 6:20

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