Please try, "ls a[[:upper:]]a" instead. "a[:upper:]a" matches 'a' followed by any one of ':','u','p','e','r' ,followed by 'a'.
Thanks, Kalyan On 7/22/05, James Downs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]: > Machine: i386 > OS: linux-gnu > Compiler: i386-redhat-linux-gcc > Compilation CFLAGS: -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='i386' - > DCONF_OSTYPE='linux-gnu' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='i386-redhat-linux-gnu' - > DCONF_VENDOR='redhat' -DLOCALEDIR='/usr/share/locale' -DPACKAGE='bash' - > DSHELL -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I./include -I./lib - > D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -O2 -g -pipe -m32 -march=i386 -mtune=pentium4 > uname output: Linux jdowns.epinions.com 2.6.11-1.27_FC3 #1 Tue May 17 > 20:27:37 EDT 2005 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux > Machine Type: i386-redhat-linux-gnu > > Bash Version: 3.0 > Patch Level: 14 > Release Status: release > > Description: > bash-3.00$ ls a[:upper:]a > aea apa ara aua > > Repeat-By: > touch a number of files matching [a-z][a-zA-z][a-z] > try the ls command listed above > > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQBC4ECyGDivo4dtEZcRAjynAJwMn4FffcJ6JlnpjF3kmd4FZyv/fgCdEJox > LYLwc24C3wMfB5mtZgpo8aY= > =0to9 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > _______________________________________________ > Bug-bash mailing list > Bug-bash@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-bash > > > _______________________________________________ Bug-bash mailing list Bug-bash@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-bash