Re: extglob problems in bash

[Enrique Perez-Terron]

On Sun, 16 Oct 2005 17:10:48 +0200, <alistair_happencross@hotmail.com>
posted on comp.unix.shell:

> I have a problem that I'm trying to solve with the help of extended
> globbing. It doesn't work, and so I've narrowed down the buggy bit to a
> simple, illustrative example.
>
> I need to match literal parentheses in a globbing pattern. Normally it
> works OK:
>
> $ touch foo\(
> $ ls foo\(
> foo(
>
> But with extglob operators, I cannot match parentheses. Here is a very
> simple example:
>
> $ shopt -s extglob
> $ ls @(foo\()
> -bash: syntax error near unexpected token `('

I get a different result, but still not as I would expect:

   $ touch foo\(
   $ ls foo*
   foo(
   $ shopt -s extglob
   $ ls @(foo\()
   ls: @(foo(): No such file or directory
   $ ls @(foo*)
   foo(
   $ echo $BASH_VERSION
   3.00.16(1)-release

-Enrique