incorrect brace expansion

Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]: Machine: i386 OS: linux-gnu Compiler: i386-redhat-linux-gcc Compilation CFLAGS: -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='i386' -DCONF_OSTYPE='linux-gnu' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='i386-redhat-linux-gnu' -DCONF_VENDOR='redhat' -DLOCALEDIR='/usr/s

Output redirection?

Hello, I, probably, need bash-help mailing list, but I could not find it. Here is the bash script fragment: LOG_FILE="./logfile" ... >$LOG_FILE I supposed that the statement above redirects stdout to the logfile. But the following 'echo' statement prints on the screen. The logfile is opened. Wha

Re: Shell completion not honouring escaped characters

Andrew Parker wrote: > BASH_VERSION 3.1.1(1)-release > Running on Fedora Core 5 (test 2) > > Pressing tab on a line with escape characters will ignore, and remove, > the escaped characters to perform the completion. For example, pressing > tab at the end of each of these lines removes the "\" and