Outdated example in bash manual
Noémie Baudouin <[email protected]> Thu, 23 Jul 2026 17:48:38 +0200
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--Apple-Mail=_137EE28B-01EC-4EE4-A1BE-333CE514BE5C Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Hello,=20 I noticed an outdated example on this page = <https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch01.en.html#_shell_g= lob> (and in the pdf page 57). Context: $ touch 1.txt 2.txt 3.c 4.h .5.txt ..6.txt Since bash 5.2, $ echo .* does not return: . .. .5.txt ..6.txt but .5.txt ..6.txt Thank you so much for all you great work! Have a lovely day, No=C3=A9mie= --Apple-Mail=_137EE28B-01EC-4EE4-A1BE-333CE514BE5C Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Dutf-8"></head><body style=3D"overflow-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: = after-white-space;">Hello, <div><br></div><div>I noticed an = outdated example on <a = href=3D"https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch01.en.html#_= shell_glob">this page</a> (and in the pdf page = 57).</div><div><br></div><div>Context:</div><div><span = style=3D"caret-color: rgb(11, 11, 8); color: rgb(11, 11, 8); = white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><i><font = face=3D"Courier New">$ touch 1.txt 2.txt 3.c 4.h .5.txt = ..6.txt</font></i></span></div><div>Since bash 5.2,</div><div><span = style=3D"white-space: pre-wrap; color: rgb(11, 11, 8); = font-variant-ligatures: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, = 255);"><i><font face=3D"Courier New">$ echo = .*</font></i></span></div><div><span style=3D"white-space: pre-wrap; = color: rgb(11, 11, 8); font-variant-ligatures: normal; background-color: = rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: = rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: normal;">does not return:</span> <i><font face=3D"Courier New">. .. .5.txt = ..6.txt</font></i></span></div><div><span style=3D"white-space: = pre-wrap; color: rgb(11, 11, 8); font-variant-ligatures: normal; = background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">but</span></div><div><span = style=3D"white-space: pre-wrap; color: rgb(11, 11, 8); = font-variant-ligatures: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, = 255);"><i><font face=3D"Courier New">.5.txt = ..6.txt</font></i></span></div><div><span style=3D"white-space: = pre-wrap; color: rgb(11, 11, 8); font-variant-ligatures: normal; = background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span></div><div><span = style=3D"white-space: pre-wrap; color: rgb(11, 11, 8); = font-variant-ligatures: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, = 255);">Thank you so much for all you great work!</span></div><div><span = style=3D"white-space: pre-wrap; color: rgb(11, 11, 8); = font-variant-ligatures: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, = 255);"><br></span></div><div><span style=3D"white-space: pre-wrap; = color: rgb(11, 11, 8); font-variant-ligatures: normal; background-color: = rgb(255, 255, 255);">Have a lovely day,</span></div><div><span = style=3D"white-space: pre-wrap; color: rgb(11, 11, 8); = font-variant-ligatures: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, = 255);"><br></span></div><div><span style=3D"white-space: pre-wrap; = color: rgb(11, 11, 8); font-variant-ligatures: normal; background-color: = rgb(255, 255, 255);">No=C3=A9mie</span></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail=_137EE28B-01EC-4EE4-A1BE-333CE514BE5C--