Subject: Re: funny grep
To: Andrew Wheadon <andrew@wipux2.wifo.uni-mannheim.de>
From: Alan Barrett <apb@iafrica.com>
List: current-users
Date: 04/18/1996 12:10:27 
> <root@wipux2:~> grep -v [a-z] /etc/passwd
> tftp:*:113:32766:Trivial Ftp:/:/dev/null
> <root@wipux2:~>
> 
> Why is grep outputting the 'tftp' line ?

What args did grep see after your shell globbed [a-z] ?

--apb (Alan Barrett)