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Re: Regexp string in := parameter expansion triggers failglob


From: Andreas Schwab
Subject: Re: Regexp string in := parameter expansion triggers failglob
Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2019 16:38:58 +0100
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.1.91 (gnu/linux)

On Jan 08 2019, polynomial-c@gentoo.org wrote:

> Description:
>       When sourcing a script that contains a variable which performs
>       a := parameter expansion with a regular expression while failglob

At this point it is just a random string, not a regular expression, and
the fact that := is used is irrelevant.

>       shell option is enabled, bash-5.0 emits a "no match: <regexp>" 

At this point it is a glob pattern, not a regexp.

>       echo ${TESTPATTERN}

If you don't want filename expansion, use quotes.

Andreas.

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