“I Accidentally Processed ‘*.txt’ as a File” — How to Safely Loop Over Files in Bash When No Matches Exist
Today, I want to open up about a little shell scripting headache that caught me off guard but taught me an important lesson. If you’ve ever tried looping over files in Bash and ended up “processing” a file named literally *.txt, you’re not alone. Let me share my story and how I solved this subtle…
