-d foo-* within single and double square brackets [duplicate]
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I just discovered that in bash,[[ -d foo-* ]] returns false ($? set to 1) even if a directory named foo-bar exists while [ -d foo-* ] returns true ($? set to 0)
I have to admit that I was surprised as I expected both versions to return true.
What is the rational behind this differing outcome?
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I just discovered that in bash,[[ -d foo-* ]] returns false ($? set to 1) even if a directory named foo-bar exists while [ -d foo-* ] returns true ($? set to 0)
I have to admit that I was surprised as I expected both versions to return true.
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See also thebashmanual about[[ ... ]]where it says "Word splitting and pathname expansion are not performed on the words between the[[and]]".
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I just discovered that in bash,[[ -d foo-* ]] returns false ($? set to 1) even if a directory named foo-bar exists while [ -d foo-* ] returns true ($? set to 0)
I have to admit that I was surprised as I expected both versions to return true.
What is the rational behind this differing outcome?
bash wildcards test
asked Feb 16 at 7:33
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This question already has an answer here:
In a Bash if condition, how to check whether any files matching a simple wildcard expression exist?
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What is the difference between [[ $a == z* ]] and [ $a == z* ]?
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I just discovered that in bash,[[ -d foo-* ]] returns false ($? set to 1) even if a directory named foo-bar exists while [ -d foo-* ] returns true ($? set to 0)
I have to admit that I was surprised as I expected both versions to return true.
What is the rational behind this differing outcome?
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In a Bash if condition, how to check whether any files matching a simple wildcard expression exist?
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What is the difference between [[ $a == z* ]] and [ $a == z* ]?
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See also thebashmanual about[[ ... ]]where it says "Word splitting and pathname expansion are not performed on the words between the[[and]]".
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I missed that. Thanks for the clarification.
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See also thebashmanual about[[ ... ]]where it says "Word splitting and pathname expansion are not performed on the words between the[[and]]".
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I missed that. Thanks for the clarification.
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Feb 16 at 7:56
See also the
bash manual about [[ ... ]] where it says "Word splitting and pathname expansion are not performed on the words between the [[ and ]]".– Kusalananda
Feb 16 at 7:56
I missed that. Thanks for the clarification.
– René Nyffenegger
Feb 16 at 9:51
I missed that. Thanks for the clarification.
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Feb 16 at 9:51
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See also the
bashmanual about[[ ... ]]where it says "Word splitting and pathname expansion are not performed on the words between the[[and]]".– Kusalananda
Feb 16 at 7:56
I missed that. Thanks for the clarification.
– René Nyffenegger
Feb 16 at 9:51