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Re: Difference between .* and *

1996-10-17 00:37:49
On Wed, 16 Oct 1996 13:01:52 -0600 (MDT),
Shane Castle <swcxt(_at_)boco(_dot_)co(_dot_)gov> wrote:
On Wed Oct 16 10:49:16 1996, Alan K. Stebbens wrote:
While "-*" means one or more dashes.
No, "-*" means zero or more dashes.  I'm sure this is just a typo.
One or more dashes is usually written as "--*".

(Or more succinctly, "-+".)

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