Oh! bash is confusing (was Re: [Ilugc] bash escape - use quotes)
- From: praveen@xxxxxxxxxxx (Praveen Kumar)
- Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 20:33:35 +0530
Sridhar R wrote:
Try these
$ touch a??b
$ rm a??b # works
Try also these
$ touch a??b
$ touch a22b
$ ls
a??b a22b
$ rm a??b
$ ls
(Both the files will be missing)
$ touch ??
$ rm ?? # works!! ;>-
$ touch ??
$ touch aa
$ ls
?? aa
$ rm ??
(Both the files will be missing)
$ touch ^V^G^V^G
$ rm ?? # works! sigh!
(Suraj! note the above. I said about a file '??'. I
was unable to remove it using
$ rm ??
But now, for `touch ^V^G^V^G` it works. Bash is very
confusing!
$ touch ^V^G^V^G
$ ls
^V^G^V^G
$ rm ??
rm: cannot remove `??': No such file or directory
$ rm ????
rm: cannot remove `????': No such file or directory
$ rm ^V^G^V^G
$ ls
(File deleted)
I don't see any confusing behavior. It's doing what it should!
Regards,
Praveen.
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