Re: extglob not matching explicit leading dot

[Chet Ramey]

On 5/14/12 9:29 PM, Mikel Ward wrote:
> Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]:
> Machine: x86_64
> OS: linux-gnu
> Compiler: gcc
> Compilation CFLAGS:  -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='x86_64'
> -DCONF_OSTYPE='linux-gnu' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu'
> -DCONF_VENDOR='unknown' -DLOCALEDIR='/usr/local/share/locale'
> -DPACKAGE='bash' -DSHELL -DHAVE_CONFIG_H   -I.  -I. -I./include
> -I./lib   -g -O2
> uname output: Linux mikel-dev 3.3.2-6.fc16.x86_64 #1 SMP Sat Apr 21
> 12:43:20 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
> Machine Type: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
> 
> Bash Version: 4.2
> Patch Level: 28
> Release Status: release
> 
> Description:
> A leading dot in extglob pattern fails to expand as expected.

Thanks for the report.  This was reported previously and has already been
fixed for the next version.

Chet
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