Till Halbach wrote:
> The bash manual for the control structure 'for name [ in word ] ; do
> list ; done' says:
> 'The list of words following in is expanded, generating a list of
> items.' However, if no files are found, it is set equal to the query
> string.
If you want filename expansion patterns which match no files to expand
to the null string rather than themselves, set the `nullglob' option
with `shopt -s nullglob'.
The word following `in' is expanded using the normal set of expansions.
Chet
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