[debbugs-tracker] bug#6561: closed (dired-do-shell-command " *" vs. "*", too close for comfort)

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has caused the debbugs.gnu.org bug report #6561,
regarding dired-do-shell-command " *" vs. "*", too close for comfort
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> dired-do-shell-command " *" vs. "*", too close for comfort
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> Sun, 04 Jul 2010 10:11:04 +0800
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> Gee, a little slip of the wrist,
> (dired-do-shell-command "head -c 999 * |sum" nil (quote ("FlashXXV9Z9sz")))
> (dired-do-shell-command "head -c 999 *|sum" nil (quote ("FlashXXV9Z9sz")))
> and it goes and gets every file in the directory.
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> Yes I know it is all well documented, but I can't think of any computer
> language where such a tiny difference can make such a big difference.
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> I don't have an exact solution. All I know is it will bite the reader
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> Re: bug#6561: dired-do-shell-command " *" vs. "*",	too close for comfort
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> Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:27:05 -0500
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> Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/)
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> Version: 24.0.93
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> dired-do-shell-command claims to have a safety feature for this:
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>   `*' and `?' when not surrounded by whitespace have no special
>   significance for `dired-do-shell-command', and are passed through
>   normally to the shell, but you must confirm first.
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> AFAICS, due to a logic bug this feature has never worked.
> Hopefully now it does.
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> I still have no idea what:
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>    To pass `*' by itself to the shell as a wildcard, type `*\"\"'.
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