Re: RFE: brace expansion sequences should do zero padding

, tell me about it, and I'll try a bit harder to get this into the offical sources. If I get no single answer this time as well, I'll probably post the patch somewhere online, patch my own version of bash, and that's it. Greetings, Martin von Gagern signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital

extglobs in case constructs

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Re: extglobs in case constructs

Greg Wooledge wrote: You're using extglobs inside a function, and extglob was enabled at the time the function was delcared. The parser parsed them at that time, decided that they are extended globs, and therefore that's what they are. Then why don't they work as extended globs if the

Re: extglobs in case constructs

Martin von Gagern wrote: I've found out that extglobs behave differently in different constructs. To avoid syntax errors, the always have to be enabled at parse time. For comparison constructs like ``[[ $v == a@(a|b|c)c ]]'' this is enough. For case constructs

Re: extglobs in case constructs

Chet Ramey wrote: In general, if you enable extglob before a function is parsed and leave it on when the function is executed, you should be ok. I'm thinking about this in terms of bash completion functions. Many of them use extended globs, but they should not force a specific permanent extglob

Mailcheck during completion

to a completion. Instead, the only places where such a check should be performed are in my opinion the initial prompt after startup and any prompt after a command was actually executed. Just pressing enter with an empty command line should also do the check, I think. Greetings, Martin von Gagern

Re: Mailcheck during completion

Hi Chet, thanks for the swift reply! On 11.08.2011 15:54, Chet Ramey wrote: I suspect that you have a completion defined for `ls' and it's running a command or process substitution that's causing the mail check. Can you run `set -x', then attempt the completion again and post the results?

Re: Mailcheck during completion

On 12.08.2011 01:05, Chet Ramey wrote: It's eval. Try the attached patch. Works like a charm. Thanks a lot! Martin signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: bash tab variable expansion question?

I'll be happy with any solution. Greetings, Martin von Gagern signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

bash 5.2 bad substitution for ${x:+${x}[}

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