grep fails to return match if a file wildcard fails

[Andrew Daviel]

(this looks to me like a bug in grep - at least, it behaves contrary to 
my expectations)

# grep --version
grep (GNU grep) 2.5.1

In the tests below, /etc/modprobe.conf exists and contains the
line with "x25".
The directory /etc/modprobe.d does not exist


$ grep x25 /etc/modprobe.conf /etc/modprobe.d/*
grep: No match.

- I expect to see a match from modprobe.conf, as below

$ grep x25 /etc/modprobe.conf
install ax25 /bin/true

$ grep x25 /etc/modprobe.d/s
grep: /etc/modprobe.d/s: No such file or directory

$  grep x25 /etc/modprobe.conf /etc/modprobe.d/s
/etc/modprobe.conf:install ax25 /bin/true
grep: /etc/modprobe.d/s: No such file or directory

 - as expected

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