Another bug with csh - `cat /tmp/a`

[Felix Lee]

In <5144 at vdsvax.steinmetz.ge.com>, Bruce G. Barnett writes:
> 	echo ls >/tmp/a
> 	`cat /tmp/a`
> results: 
> 	ls: Command not found.

This is because csh tries to glob the command name:  if you type
"f*" and "f*" expands (uniquely) to "foo", then csh will execute
"foo" without ever looking at your PATH.  ("foo" will get executed
even if "." isn't in your PATH.)

And the globbing routine also tries backquote substitution.  So
the globbing succeeds, and csh ignores your PATH.

Intuitively obvious, no?
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