Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2005 05:00:39 GMT From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/86931: rm wildcards is not rming files with brackets Message-ID: <200510060500.j9650dAu003264@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/86931; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@freebsd.org> To: Jack Low <xxjack12xx@gmail.com> Cc: bug-followup@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bin/86931: rm wildcards is not rming files with brackets Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2005 07:52:51 +0300 On 2005-10-05 09:04, Jack Low <xxjack12xx@gmail.com> wrote: > %rm /*/*/*/*/*/*/*-file-in-this* > rm: /hidden/---[No-SFV-file-in-this-directory]-: No such file or directory > rm: /hidden/---[No-SFV-file-in-this-directory]-: No such file or directory > rm: /hidden/---[No-SFV-file-in-this-directory]-: No such file or directory > rm: /hidden/---[No-SFV-file-in-this-directory]-: No such file or directory > rm: /hidden/---[No-SFV-file-in-this-directory]-: No such file or directory > rm: /hidden/---[No-SFV-file-in-this-directory]-: No such file or directory > rm: /hidden/---[No-SFV-file-in-this-directory]-: No such file or directory > rm: /hidden/---[No-SFV-file-in-this-directory]-: No such file or directory > rm: /hidden/---[No-SFV-file-in-this-directory]-: No such file or directory > rm: /hidden/---[No-SFV-file-in-this-directory]-: No such file or directory > rm: /hidden/---[No-SFV-file-in-this-directory]-: No such file or directory > rm: /hidden/---[No-SFV-file-in-this-directory]-: No such file or directory > % Are you sure this isn't some nasty trick csh(1) plays to you? Using GNU bash and /bin/sh here I see quite different things: : $ mkdir /tmp/keramida : $ cd /tmp/keramida : $ touch '[foo]' : $ ls -l : total 0 : -rw-rw-r-- 1 keramida wheel - 0 Oct 6 07:49 [foo] : $ rm *foo* : $ ls -l : total 0 : $ env PS1='sh> ' sh : sh> pwd : /tmp/keramida : sh> ls -la : total 4 : drwxrwxr-x 2 keramida wheel 512 Oct 6 07:49 . : drwxrwxrwt 10 root wheel 1536 Oct 6 07:50 .. : sh> touch '[foo]' : sh> ls -l : total 0 : -rw-rw-r-- 1 keramida wheel 0 Oct 6 07:50 [foo] : sh> rm *foo* : sh> ls -l : total 0 : sh>
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