Ulrich Mueller wrote: > But both sides of [[ ]] aren't symmetric, in the first place: > > # When the == and != operators are used, the string to the right of > # the operator is considered a pattern and matched according to the > # rules described below under Pattern Matching. > > So there's almost never a reason for quoting the left-hand side, while > on the right-hand side quotes will suppress pattern matching. > > (Of course, in the example above it doesn't matter, because the string > doesn't contain any special characters.) > Indeed; minor addition: the above applies to [[ foo = bar* ]] as well, ie you don't have to use == (and most BASH scripters don't.) It's the fact that you're in [[ which triggers fnmatch() behaviour.
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