[hm2k]

If this were true, surely it should allow you to use quotes to force it to ignore the "range" operator...

http://www.google.com/search?q=%229999999..99999999999999999...

[buro9]

It ignores the quotes a lot of the time. They are less explicit than you may imagine.

[ma2rten]

yup, "11..22" still finds all numbers from 11 to 22.

[shithead]

But '11..22' yields 11,22 11:22 11/22 etc.

Seems the Unix Bourne shell is seeping in - single quotes are for real, double quotes allow param substitution ...