Re: [Help-bash] Performing quote removal on data

[Chet Ramey]

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On 5/28/14, 4:49 PM, Maarten Billemont wrote:

> Interesting.  You're probably running an older bash version then, because for 
> me:
> 
> $ mkdir -p "dir "{1,2}
> $ echo dir*
> dir 1 dir 2
> $ compgen -o bashdefault "di"
> $ compgen -o bashdefault "di*"
> dir 1
> dir 2
> $ compgen -o default "di"
> dir 1
> dir 2
> $ compgen -o default "di*"
> 
> So it appears we can only really rely on -o default "$partial", but then 
> pathname expansion is definitely out.

Did you try using -o default and -o bashdefault together?  They don't do
the same thing.


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