Re: nocaseglob

[Bob Proulx]

Bruce Korb wrote:
> This cannot have been overseen, so perhaps I am not understanding
> how "nocaseglob" is supposed to work:

I think you have the nocaseglob right.  I think this is a variable set
but not exported problem.  Just guessing though.

> $ bash --version
> GNU bash, version 3.1.17(1)-release (i586-suse-linux)

Same as here on my Debian system:

  echo $BASH_VERSION
  3.1.17(1)-release

> $ shopt|fgrep caseglob
> nocaseglob      off

Looks okay.  Same here.

> $ echo tpdsrc/umod/nodesvr/test/[a-z]*
> tpdsrc/umod/nodesvr/test/Makefile tpdsrc/umod/nodesvr/test/SCCS 
> tpdsrc/umod/node
> 
> What are the "Makefile" and "SCCS" entries doing on the line?

That does look odd.  I have a guess as to the problem.

> And, yes, I know there are some language environments that say
> to ignore case (completely wrong-headed decisions, but nevertheless):
> 
> $ env|egrep 'LC|LANG'
> $

Try this to see if the variable is set but not exported.

  set|egrep 'LC|LANG'

Here is my test case:

  + mkdir /tmp/test-set-export
  + cd /tmp/test-set-export
  + touch abc DEF
  + unset LANG LC_COLLATE
  + echo abc
  abc
  + LC_COLLATE=en_US.UTF-8
  + echo abc DEF
  abc DEF
  + env
  + egrep 'LC|LANG'
  LANGUAGE=en_US:en_GB:en
  + set
  + egrep 'LC|LANG'
  LANGUAGE=en_US:en_GB:en
  LC_COLLATE=en_US.UTF-8

I hope that is your problem.  A set but not exported LC_COLLATE
variable.  Definitely easy to miss.

Bob