$ ls -l file* ls: file*: No such file or directory $ ./test.pl > /dev/null $ ls -l file* -rw-r--r-- 1 19456 Jul 24 22:46 file:memdb2?mode=memory&cache=shared $ ./test3.pl > /dev/null $ ls -l file* -rw-r--r-- 1 36864 Jul 24 22:46 file:memdb2?mode=memory&cache=shared