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bug#56227: 29.0.50; Eshell globs ending with '/' should match directorie
From: |
Jim Porter |
Subject: |
bug#56227: 29.0.50; Eshell globs ending with '/' should match directories only |
Date: |
Sat, 25 Jun 2022 18:45:35 -0700 |
In regular shells, the pattern '*' matches any (non-dot) file, whereas
'*/' only matches directories:
$ echo *
admin args config.log config.status doc etc leim lib lib-src lisp
lwlib Makefile nextstep nt oldXMenu src test
$ echo */
admin/ doc/ etc/ leim/ lib/ lib-src/ lisp/ lwlib/ nextstep/ nt/
oldXMenu/ src/ test/
However, in Eshell, both of these do the same thing:
~ $ echo *
("Makefile" "admin/" "args" "config.log" "config.status" "doc/" "etc/"
"leim/" "lib-src/" "lib/" "lisp/" "lwlib/" "nextstep/" "nt/"
"oldXMenu/" "src/" "test/")
~ $ echo */
("Makefile" "admin/" "args" "config.log" "config.status" "doc/" "etc/"
"leim/" "lib-src/" "lib/" "lisp/" "lwlib/" "nextstep/" "nt/"
"oldXMenu/" "src/" "test/")
For consistency with other shells, and to make Eshell's globbing more
expressive, I think we should make the latter match directories only.
While this technically changes an existing behavior, it should be a safe
change to make, since there's currently no reason I'm aware of to add a
trailing slash to an Eshell glob.
Patch forthcoming; just getting a bug number...
- bug#56227: 29.0.50; Eshell globs ending with '/' should match directories only,
Jim Porter <=