i solve this by shopt -s nullglob
On Sun, Mar 20, 2022, 22:07 Alexey via Bug reports for the GNU Bourne Again
SHell <bug-bash@gnu.org> wrote:
> Hello.
>
> Machine: x86_64
> OS: linux-gnu
> Compiler: gcc
> Compilation CFLAGS: -g -O2 -fstack-protector-strong -Wformat
> -Werror=format-security -Wall
> uname output: Linux alex 5.16.0-3-amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT Debian 5.16.11-1
> (2022-02-25) x86_64 GNU/Linux
> Machine Type: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
>
> Bash Version: 5.1
> Patch Level: 16
> Release Status: release
>
> Description:
> If use 'Parameter Expansion', for example 'Remove matching suffix
> pattern', on array and try to iterate over expansion result with for
> loop, may occur that loop body will not be executed at all.
>
> Repeat-By:
> Code: x=("/"); for i in "${x[@]%/}"; do echo "i is '$i'"; done
> Result: none
> Expected result: i is ''
>
> Expected behavior:
> like for an array with empty element
> Code: x=(""); for i in "${x[@]}"; do echo "i is '$i'"; done
> Result: i is ''
>
> another example, show that problems occurs only with empty resulted
> list
> Code: x=("/" "//"); for i in "${x[@]%/}"; do echo "i is '$i'"; done
> Result: i is ''
> i is '/'
>
>
> Regards,
> Alexey
>
>
