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   Wilfred van Velzen to Jeff Smith   
   Re: Odd Question?   
   17 Feb 18 10:47:06   
   
   Hi Jeff,   
      
   On 2018-02-16 23:31:54, you wrote to All:   
      
    JS> In an attempt update the Elist I tried using the command line.   
      
    JS> ./bbbs btxt2bbs Netmail /home/bbbs/elist-upd/ /F Jeff Smith /T   
    JS> Echolist /S !*1:1/21 MOD UPD   
      
    JS> The problem seems to be the "!*" which is supposed to tell BBBS to send   
   the   
    JS> message as Crash/Direct. The "!*" works fine if the netmail is written   
    JS> manually but not when used in a command line.   
      
   It's linux. So a * inside an option is expanded to matching filenames by the   
   shell. So write it inside single quotes like: '!*1:1/21' and you ar probably   
   ok...   
      
   Bye, Wilfred.   
      
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