From: hehe2046 on
It is very interesting.

ls perl//abc///
hehe2046(a)linux-svr1:~$ ls perl//abc///
a
hehe2046(a)linux-svr1:~$ ls perl/abc
a



From: Randal L. Schwartz on
>>>>> "hehe2046" == hehe2046 <user(a)compgroups.net/> writes:

hehe2046> It is very interesting.
hehe2046> ls perl//abc///
hehe2046> hehe2046(a)linux-svr1:~$ ls perl//abc///
hehe2046> a
hehe2046> hehe2046(a)linux-svr1:~$ ls perl/abc
hehe2046> a

This has been true since at least Unix V7 (The One True Unix).

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