Re: extglob problems in bash

[Chet Ramey]

Enrique Perez-Terron wrote:
> 
> 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:

Looks like a bug.  I'll take a look.

Chet
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