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Re: extglob patterns not expanded in -c command-strings

From Paulo Marcel Coelho Aragão <marcelpaulo@gmail.com>
Newsgroups gnu.bash.bug
Subject Re: extglob patterns not expanded in -c command-strings
Date 2018-05-27 22:42 -0300
Message-ID <mailman.606.1527471745.1292.bug-bash@gnu.org> (permalink)
References <5b0b4173.1c69fb81.6c66f.f11f@mx.google.com> <3e47e63b-7dd9-3e90-3067-8304111170a8@case.edu>

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> If you apply that rule, you can figure out the answer: extglob changes the
> behavior of the parser, so it must be enabled before a command is parsed.
> The complete line of input is read before any of it is parsed, and the
> complete line is parsed before any of it is executed. As a consequence, the
> extglob option must be enabled for the ( to be recognized as an extended
> globbing pattern instead of an operator.

I replied before reading your answer, my apologies. You unvealed the mystery ! Now I understand why it works as expected with -O extglob: it enables it BEFORE parsing the command.

Thank you so much for shedding light on this !

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Re: extglob patterns not expanded in -c command-strings Paulo Marcel Coelho Aragão <marcelpaulo@gmail.com> - 2018-05-27 22:42 -0300

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