shopt suggestion

2017-08-31 Thread Nellis, Kenneth
Frequently, when I invoke a command and use globbing to specify a list of files, I want a temporary change in globbing options (e.g. shopt -s dotglob) to be in effect for the one-time command. At the keyboard, it is inconvenient to type (e.g.): shopt -s dotglob; mycmd; shopt -u dotglob I could

RE: Ctrl-U doesn't clear read -ep prompt input properly

2015-08-07 Thread Nellis, Kenneth
On Friday, August 07, 2015 3:01 PM, Chet Ramey wrote: > On 8/7/15 9:36 AM, Nellis, Kenneth wrote: > > Bash Version: 4.3 > > Patch Level: 39 > > Release Status: release > > > > Description: > > Pressing CTRL-U after entering data in response to a read -ep pr

Ctrl-U doesn't clear read -ep prompt input properly

2015-08-07 Thread Nellis, Kenneth
Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]: Machine: x86_64 OS: cygwin Compiler: gcc Compilation CFLAGS: -DPROGRAM='bash.exe' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='x86_64' -DCONF_OSTYPE='cygwin' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='x86_64-unknown-cygwin' -DCONF_VENDOR='unknown' -DLOCALEDIR='/usr/share/locale' -D