See following script output: bash-4.2# cat quoted-pattern.sh [[ .a == \.a* ]] && echo 1 # not quoted [[ aa =~ \.a* ]] && echo 2 # quoted
[[ aa =~ \a. ]] && echo 3 # not quoted [[ aa =~ \a\. ]] && echo 4 # quoted bash-4.2# bash42 quoted-pattern.sh 1 3 bash-4.2# >From my understanding 1 2 3 4 should all be printed out. -- Clark
