On Sat, 30 Jan 2010, coy...@wariat.org.pl wrote: > Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]: > Machine: i686 > OS: linux-gnu > Compiler: i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc > Compilation CFLAGS: -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='i686' > -DCONF_OSTYPE='linux-gnu' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='i686-pc-linux-gnu' > -DCONF_VENDOR='pc' -DLOCALEDIR='/usr/share/locale' -DPACKAGE='bash' -DSHELL > -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I./include -I./lib > -DDEFAULT_PATH_VALUE='/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin' > -DSTANDARD_UTILS_PATH='/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin' > -DSYS_BASHRC='/etc/bash/bashrc' -DSYS_BASH_LOGOUT='/etc/bash/bash_logout' > -DNON_INTERACTIVE_LOGIN_SHELLS -DSSH_SOURCE_BASHRC -O2 -march=pentium4 -pipe > -fomit-frame-pointer > uname output: Linux coyote 2.6.31-gentoo-r6 #1 SMP Fri Nov 27 20:29:02 CET > 2009 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux > Machine Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu > > Bash Version: 4.0 > Patch Level: 35 > Release Status: release > > Description: > bash died while word completion if filename contains a '*' character > > Repeat-By: > touch file\*1 > touch file\*2 > chmod +x file* > ./file[tab][tab]
No problem here in 3.2, 4.0 or 4.1 -- Chris F.A. Johnson <http://cfajohnson.com> =================================================================== Author: Shell Scripting Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach (2005, Apress) Pro Bash Programming: Scripting the GNU/Linux Shell (2009, Apress)