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24.2.50; Eshell for loop stuck when using shell commands

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From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 12571 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, David Leal <dgleal <at> gmail.com>
Subject: bug#12571: 24.2.50; Eshell for loop stuck when using shell commands
Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2012 19:56:11 +0800

Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> writes:

>> 3. Try `for f in * { *echo $f }
>>
>> The same file name will be repeated over and over again.
>
> Thanks for the report. It works fine in 23.4, but not in 24.1.
> It seems to be due to r106243:
>
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-diffs/2011-10/msg00279.html

I am not sure I really understand how eshell-rewrite-for-command works,
but I checked in a fix that seems to fix this bug without breaking the
fix for Bug#9907.

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