Actually, I already know what chars windows does/doesn't allow in filenames. Your assumption is slightly wrong though, vis. 

C:\test>echo .>'

C:\test>dir
 Volume in drive C has no label.
 Volume Serial Number is 8C87-E163

 Directory of C:\test

02/08/20  02:55a        <DIR>          .
02/08/20  02:55a        <DIR>          ..
02/08/20  02:55a                     3 '         <<<<<!
02/08/13  03:12p                   210 178232.pl

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In an earlier thread the following: 

...
@ARGV = map glob, @ARGV;
...

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was advised against because "someone might pass in an escaped (eg.what\*ever) filename containing glob chars", and that might cause the above snippet to "break" on *nix environments. I thought then and I am asking now:

1) Why would anyone wish to embed "*" in a filename? Other than shear perversity.

2) How would this break?

Surely, globbing filespec of "what\*ever" is going to match the file named "what*ever"? Granted it might also match "whatifever" etc. but (see Q.1).

I guess I accept that OS's in general (*nix included) have to reserve some chars in filenames and other system entities (try creating a file "feet/sec" on *nix?).

In reply to Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Using * character to open all Files in the directory by BrowserUk
in thread Using * character to open all Files in the directory by Prayag

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