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Re: Extglob *?(a)b matches every string

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On Sat, Aug 11, 2018 at 09:26:56PM -0700, Mark Polyakov wrote:
>    Bash Version: 4.3
>    Patch Level: 46

>    A A A  An extglob pattern such as `*?(anything)something_else` will
>    match any string, even though it should only match strings that end
>    with something_else.

This appears to be fixed in bash 4.4.

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Re: Extglob *?(a)b matches every string Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2018-08-13 09:29 -0400

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