On Mai 31 2026, Andrei Borzenkov wrote: > $ bar='\*' > $ ls $bar > ls: cannot access '\*': No such file or directory > $ > > Oops. Why it suddenly attempts to match *two* characters "\*" instead of > just one literal "*"?
Because '\*' is not a glob, so filename expansion is not performed. -- Andreas Schwab, [email protected] GPG Key fingerprint = 7578 EB47 D4E5 4D69 2510 2552 DF73 E780 A9DA AEC1 "And now for something completely different."
