Am 19.01.2023 um 13:13 schrieb Greg Wooledge: > The fact that this *appears* to work is what causes so much confusion. > It will "work" some of the time, but not all of the time, and you'll > get different results depending on which directory you're in, on which > computer. > > Bash has two other settings for handling unmatched globs. The first one > is called "nullglob", and if it's turned on, an unmatched glob is simply > discarded from the command argument list.
I was really curious, how Greg would put words to this one. And i gotta applaud: Such unambiguous explanations, and so circumspect at the same time. Even understanding the basis for confusion, i could learn something new from this (other settings ...). Excellent post there! Thank you DdB