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Subject: Re: Not missing, but very hard to see (was Re: Backslash missing in brace expansion)
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On Thu, Dec 12, 2019 at 11:43:58AM -0800, L A Walsh wrote:
> >  read -r -a a< <(printf "%q " {Z..a})
> >  my -p a
> declare -a a=([0]="Z" [1]="\\[" [2]="''" [3]="\\]" [4]="\\^" [5]="_"
> [6]="\\\`" [7]="a")

Nice try.  I guess the takeaway from this thread is: "You cannot mix
capital and lowercase letters in brace expansion.  If you try, you
get garbage out."