In article <Bstv3p.2KD@news.cso.uiuc.edu> thoth@uiuc.edu (Ben Cox) writes:
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>When I want to remove files matching a wildcard, I always echo it first:
>
>$ echo silly?file*
>sillyXfile1a    sillyYfile1b    sillyZfile327a  sillyqfileTHX1138
>$ rm silly?file*
>
>Easy way to know exactly what you're deleting.

tcsh's ^X* command is also handy for checking it out, especially
if the wildcard-string is complex and you don't want to rewrite
it. (^X* expands the wildcard-expression into the command line.)

And if my memory serves me right, you can also view the wildcard 
matches by pressing ^D at the end of the line. Or something...
Dunno if other shells have these commands, probably something 
similar at least.

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>Ben Cox
>thoth@uiuc.edu
>ls would work too; i'm eccentric

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