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How is the * (star / asterisk) character allowed in the file name? I thought such characters are forbidden by Windows. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windo

by rvba 2y ago

How is the * (star / asterisk) character allowed in the file name? I thought such characters are forbidden by Windows. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/fileio/naming-a-file https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/fileio/namin... How did the tool even manage to create such a file?

copywrong2 2y ago
echo lol > 'l*l'; ls 'l*l' I bet it's a glob pattern and indicates "anything"
fragmede 2y ago
it's deleting all matching files
- martyvis 2y ago
  There was only one file matching it on my machine. The * just saves typing.