Re: [OT] .* expansion (Was Re: [RFC] File flags handling - proposal for API.)

Arvind Sankar (arvinds@mit.edu)
Sat, 26 Jun 1999 12:18:08 -0400

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On Sat, Jun 26, 1999 at 05:03:00PM +0200, Marcin 'Qrczak' Kowalczyk wrote:
> Arvind Sankar <arvinds@mit.edu> wrote:
>
> > > Wouldn't it be sane to have '.*' not include the parent directory, or
> >
> > It doesn't. Not on bash 1.14.7 and zsh 3.0.5, at least. I think it used to,
> > though I'm not sure. Besides, this is entirely a shell problem.
>
> It does include . and .. in bash 1.14 and bash 2.03. It doesn't in
> zsh and ksh.
>
> Hey, bash folks, won't it be better if it doesn't?
>

oh. ugh. I tried .??*, which obv doesn't.

-- arvind

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