Re: Inconsistent handling of patterns with backslah (`\`) escaping

On Mon, Jun 1, 2026 at 4:41 PM Chet Ramey <[email protected]> wrote:
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> On 6/1/26 4:08 AM, Andrei Borzenkov wrote:
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> >> Because '\*' is not a glob, so filename expansion is not performed.
> >>
> >
> > If this is not a glob, I expect '\' to be stripped (quote removal)
> > before the result is used in the command.
>
> Quote removal doesn't apply to the results of expansion, only to quoting
> characters in the original word.
>

There is no result of expansion as no expansion was performed because
bash decided that the original word had quoted characters and skipped
expansion.