Re: /dev/fd/62: No such file or directory

[Linda Walsh]

Chris Down wrote:
> Linda Walsh writes:
> > So all I need do is test the first entry:
> >
> >    local -a entries=("$1"/*)
> >    [[ ${entries[0]} == $1/* ]] && return 0
> >
> > --- the $1 doesn't need quotes in [[]] and '*' won't expand or
> > am missing something?  Thanks for the tip Pierre, I often
> > don't see forests because of all the trees...
>
> The RHS of [[ has pattern matching applied on unquoted parts, so yes,
> you probably want quotes around $1.
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Pattern matching?   Why doesn't '*' match anything then?

Do you mean pathname expansion?  or are you thinking of the =~
operator?  I.e. where would it match a pattern?  It can't match
in the current directory, since it just failed a pathname
expansion in the line before.  But for a regex, I thought you
needed '=~' ??