Re: Syntax Question...

[Ken Irving]

On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 10:13:45AM -0700, Linda Walsh wrote:
>    Um...the description from "<<<",  above indicates it is...subject
> to pathname expansion...If I had matching filesin my dir, it
> expanded and returned them,
> so I'm pretty sure it does PN expansion.

As noted, you're being fooled by not quoting the variable, which is
expanded in the echo and not in the <<< operation.

    $ rm *.x
    $ touch foo.x bar.x
    $ read a <<< *.x
    $ echo "$a"
    *.x
    $ echo $a
    bar.x foo.x

Ken