strange ( * vs ./* )

[Valery Reznic]

Strange indeed.
And what is output of:
echo *

and 
echo ./*







>________________________________
> From: Erez D <erez0001 at gmail.com>
>To: linux-il <linux-il at cs.huji.ac.il> 
>Sent: Wednesday, April 9, 2014 12:52 PM
>Subject: strange ( * vs ./* )
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>erez at homer:~$ grep pppd *
>erez at homer:~$ 
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>however:
>
>erez at homer:~$ grep pppd ./*
>./chat.sh:pppd connect 'chat -v -s ABORT ERROR ABORT'
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>and:
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>erez at homer:~$ grep pppd chat.sh
>pppd connect 'chat -v -s ABORT ERROR ABORT'
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>strange !!!
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>btw:
>erez at homer:~$ echo $SHELL
>/bin/bash
>erez at homer:~$ cat /etc/issue
>CentOS release 6.3 (Final)
>Kernel \r on an \m
>erez at homer:~$ uname -a
>Linux homer 2.6.32-358.14.1.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Jul 16 23:51:20 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
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