Re: Is this a bash wildcard bug?

[Matthew Woehlke]

grendelos wrote:
> So this is really bugging me.  Why is [a-z] not case sensitive, but [A-Z] is? 
> For example:
>
> # ls -l
> total 0
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Nov 20 12:22 xa
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Nov 20 12:22 xA
>
> # ls -l x[a-z]
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Nov 20 12:22 xa
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Nov 20 12:22 xA
>
> # ls -l x[A-Z]
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Nov 20 12:22 xA
>
> Any ideas?

Yes. Your assumptions are wrong.

[a-z] = [aAbBcCdD...xXyYz]
[A-Z] = [AbBcCdDe...XyYzZ]

Now... see why that gives the results you are seeing?

This is FAQ #1 regarding locales (sorry, no links handy, but GIYF). If 
you want the expected (case-sensitive) behavior, try 'export LC_ALL=C'.

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