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Re: extglob patterns and dotfiles


From: Eric Cook
Subject: Re: extglob patterns and dotfiles
Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2018 14:53:28 -0500
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On 01/02/2018 10:30 AM, Chet Ramey wrote:
> On 12/31/17 10:36 PM, Eric Cook wrote:
> 
>> So to make my request more specific, i don't think the extglob !() should
>> match dotfiles when one of the patterns in the list is preceded with an 
>> period.
>> to be more ksh93-like.
> 
> Let's see if we can be more precise: if a filename beginning with a `.'
> does not match any of the patterns in a !(...) list, don't return it as
> a match if the leading dot has to be explicitly matched.
> 
> Chet
> 

That sounds right, i personally thought (and i could be wrong) of !()
like `*', but excluding anything matching the patterns inside.
so without dotglob enabled or being prefixed with ., !() would
not match dotfiles.



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