From: Tim Hunter <TimHunter@...>
Date: 2007-06-09T20:13:45+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby wildcard command line argument auto expansion

Michael Jia wrote:
> Is there a better way to disbale this auto expansion?
>
> Thanks
> Michael
>
>   
>> One way to correct it is to always ask user to use single-quoted string:
>>
>> C:\working>ruby -e "puts ARGV" '*.txt'
>> *.txt
>>     
>
>
>   
The filename expansion is a function of the command window, not Ruby. By 
the time Ruby starts up the expansion has already happened. I think the 
only way to disable it is to put quotes around the argument.

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