From: utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!G:wing Newsgroups: net.test,net.general Title: Asterisk thing Article-I.D.: populi.246 Posted: Wed Jul 21 11:48:52 1982 Received: Sun Jul 25 05:25:39 1982 Today, I've been checking out how the news system reacts to asterisks, using groups of three of them. Three asterisks surrounded by spaces will be replaced by a directory list of your present directory. Three asterisks not bounded by spaces will print normally. Spoilers beware...