On 2/26/15 2:37 PM, ad...@ptc.com wrote: > Bash Version: 4.2 > Patch Level: 47 > Release Status: release > > Description: > A bash function containing the syntax "files=( !(PAT) )" fails to parse > in a sub-shell when imported from the environment (to which it was exported > by the parent shell).
The extended globbing syntax is accepted by the parser when the `extglob' shell option is enabled. If you (or some agent) export a function using that syntax, you will need to make sure that the extglob option is enabled when it's parsed by the subshell. -- ``The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.'' - Chaucer ``Ars longa, vita brevis'' - Hippocrates Chet Ramey, ITS, CWRU c...@case.edu http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/~chet/