Re: Outdated example in bash manual

Package: debian-reference


Turning this into an bugreport, so it does not lost=2E



Am 23=2E Juli 2026 23:54:16 MESZ schrieb Carles Pina i Estany <carles@pina=
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>Hi,
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>On 23 Jul 2026 at 17:48:38, No=C3=A9mie Baudouin wrote:
>> Hello,=20
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>> I noticed an outdated example on this page
>> <https://www=2Edebian=2Eorg/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch01=2Een=2Eht=
ml#_shell_glob>
>> (and in the pdf page 57)=2E
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>> Context:
>> $ touch 1=2Etxt 2=2Etxt 3=2Ec 4=2Eh =2E5=2Etxt =2E=2E6=2Etxt
>> Since bash 5=2E2,
>> $ echo =2E*
>> does not return:
>> =2E =2E=2E =2E5=2Etxt =2E=2E6=2Etxt
>> but
>> =2E5=2Etxt =2E=2E6=2Etxt
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>very true
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>> Thank you so much for all you great work!
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>I don't maintain the manual, but I saw your message and made a Merge
>Request: https://salsa=2Edebian=2Eorg/debian/debian-reference/-/merge_req=
uests/25
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>Hopefully it will get merged in that form or similar,
>

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