Re: When IPv6 ... if ever?

[Andrew Brown <twofsonet () graffiti com>]

On Sun, Sep 10, 2000 at 09:03:23PM +0859, Masataka Ohta wrote:
> > > > I'm assuming you're being facetious.
> > >
> > > I* (including but not limited to "I" and "IPv6") are facetious,
> > > of course.
> >
> > ??? please clarify ...
>
> A '*' character in a regular expression matches anything including
> a null string, in this case, "", "Pv6" and maybe more.

A '*' character in a regular expression makes the preceding item match
zero or more times including a null string, in this case, "I".

A '*' character in a *shell glob* will match anything including a null
string, in this case , "", "Pv6" and maybe more.

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