Re: . and .. are included where they were excluded before

[Lawrence Velázquez]

> On Jan 26, 2021, at 12:51 AM, "" <kfm@plushkava.net> <kfm@plushkava.net> 
> wrote:
> 
>> On 25/01/2021 21:36, gregrwm wrote:
>> 
>>         is this change in functionality a regression, a "fix", or a new
>> feature?
>>         is there any option to exclude them?
>>         in all 3, .. is included in .?
> 
> This seems to be as expected. The pattern must begin with a literal dot in 
> order to match either of the pathnames '.' and '..'. This holds true, 
> irrespective of whether or not dotglob is enabled.
> 
> Ergo, a pattern of ? should not match the pathname '.', whereas a pattern of 
> .? can - and will - match the pathname '..'. Similarly, a pattern of .* would 
> match both '.' and '..'.

According to the manual, "[t]he filenames ‘.’ and ‘..’ must always be
matched explicitly even if dotglob is set." I don't see any subsequent
text that overrules this for extended globs.

https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/Filename-Expansion.html

vq