[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #47950] dir function fails with wildcard characters

[anonymous]

URL:
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                 Summary: dir function fails with wildcard characters
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: None
            Submitted on: Wed 18 May 2016 02:48:46 AM UTC
                Category: Octave Function
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Incorrect Result
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: 
        Originator Email: 
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 4.0.0
        Operating System: Microsoft Windows

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Details:

Here is an example of the dir function failing:


status=mkdir('c:/[test]');
status=mkdir('c:/[test]/abc');

#from the Octave 4.0 User Manual
#directory is subject to shell expansion if it contains any wildcard
characters ‘*’, ‘?’,
#‘[]’. To find a literal example of a wildcard character the wildcard
must be escaped
#using the backslash operator ‘\’.
dir("c:/\[test\]");
# no joy

#other interpretation of escaped wildcard
dir("c:/\x5Btest\x5D");
# no joy




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