as to other systems - SunOS srv13 5.9 Generic_122300-44 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire with Perl v5.8.4 has the following results: echo

perl -le"system 'echo *'"
argtest.c bool.pl cool_fmt_tool.pl debugtst.c regexstuff regexstuff.c 
+regexstuff.i testx.pl useful_stuff.c

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and type (which is a bit different in unix 8^):

perl -le"system 'type *'"
argtest.c not found
bool.pl not found
cool_fmt_tool.pl not found
debugtst.c not found
regexstuff not found
regexstuff.c not found
regexstuff.i not found
testx.pl not found
useful_stuff.c not found

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I would suspect a pathing issue with somthing unixy in the path on one of my windows boxes. I have a Mac and a Win7 and a WinXP box at home and will see what they do .. now I am curious

Misha/Michael - Russian student, grognard, bemused observer of humanity and self professed programmer with delusions of relevance

In reply to Re^2: system and wildcard expansion? by MishaMoose
in thread system and wildcard expansion? by BrowserUk

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