Isn't this supposed to work? $ touch file1 $ echo 1 > file? $ ls file? file? file1 I.e. dash actually created a file named 'file?' instead of globbing. Please CC me if possible, I'm not on the list. Kind regards, Alkis Georgopoulos -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe dash" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html