On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 16:16, Clark J. Wang <dearv...@gmail.com> wrote:

> See following:
>
> # shopt extglob
> extglob         on
> # echo $BASH_VERSION
> 4.2.20(1)-release
> # ls -d /root
> /root
> # pwd
> /
> # echo @(root)
> root
> # echo @(/root)
> @(/root)  <-- ???
> # echo @(/root*)
> @(/root*)  <-- ???
>

But /@(root) and /@(root*) work:

# echo /@(root)
/root
# echo /@(root*)
/root
#


> #
>
> I'm confused why @(/root) and @(/root*) do not work here.
>
> --
> -Clark
>

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