On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 10:53:21AM -0700, Linda Walsh wrote:
> if [ ! -e $d/S??sshd ]; then echo "sshd not enabled"; fi
That will fail quite colorfully if the glob matches multiple files.
(Also, "$d" should be quoted.)
On IRC we recommend enabling nullglob, pulling the results of the glob
into an array, and then checking its length.
shopt -s nullglob
files=("$d"/S??sshd)
if (( ${#files[@]} > 0 )); then ...
See also http://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashFAQ/004
In any case, I see no benefit to changing how [[ works. A change would
just cause more confusion.
