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[–] killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The only thing that annoys me is having to wrap wildcard expressions in quotes when using e.g. the find command.

But then it looks more correct, so it's hard to argue with.

[–] toynbee@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You can escape the wildcards as an alternative.

[–] killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Nice, I didn't know that. I habitually forget the closing quote so this might save me some ire