Re: bash glob bug?
On Tue, Sep 03, 2002 at 06:43:00PM -0600, Jason E. Stewart wrote:
> "wes schreiner" <wes@infosink.com> writes:
>
> > Jason E. Stewart wrote:
> >
> > >Hey All,
> > >
> > > I seemed to have found a bug in bash's globbing behavior. Can
> > > someone explain to me how the file functions-sql.xml can possibly
> >
> > >be included in the ls command below?
> > >
> > >Cheers,
> > >jas.
> > >
> > >~/work/GeneX-Server/DB/xml $ ls -l [E-G]*.xml
> > >-rwxr-xr-x 1 jasons jasons 1514 Jul 11 17:29 ExperimentFactors.xml
> > >-rwxr-xr-x 1 jasons jasons 4237 Jul 11 17:29 ExperimentSet.xml
> > >-rwxr-xr-x 1 jasons jasons 2090 Jul 11 17:29 ExternalDatabase.xml
> > >-rw-r--r-- 1 jasons jasons 687 Jul 11 17:29 FeatureExtraction.xml
> > >-rwxr-xr-x 1 jasons jasons 5761 Jul 11 17:29 Feature.xml
> > >-rw-r--r-- 1 jasons jasons 2712 Jul 11 17:29 functions-sql.xml
> > >-rw-r--r-- 1 jasons jasons 915 Jul 11 17:29 GenexAdmin.xml
> > >-rwxr-xr-x 1 jasons jasons 1198 Jul 11 17:29 GroupLink.xml
> > >-rwxr-xr-x 1 jasons jasons 1859 Jul 11 17:29 GroupSec.xml
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> > What locale are you using? (type "locale" and see) I have the default
> > "C" locale here and your example works as expected. Bash honors the
> > locale's collating sequence, so my guess is that your locale is set to
> > something other than "C", something that has a case-insensitive
> > collating sequence.
>
> Ah. I have LANG=en_US. With C it works for me as well.
>
> I still think it's a bug, though. Look at this:
>
> ~/work/GeneX-Server/DB/xml $ ls -l [D-E]*.xml F*.xml
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 jasons jasons 1514 Jul 11 17:29 ExperimentFactors.xml
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 jasons jasons 4237 Jul 11 17:29 ExperimentSet.xml
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 jasons jasons 2090 Jul 11 17:29 ExternalDatabase.xml
> -rw-r--r-- 1 jasons jasons 687 Jul 11 17:29 FeatureExtraction.xml
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 jasons jasons 5761 Jul 11 17:29 Feature.xml
>
> ~/work/GeneX-Server/DB/xml $ ls -l [D-F]*.xml
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 jasons jasons 1514 Jul 11 17:29 ExperimentFactors.xml
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 jasons jasons 4237 Jul 11 17:29 ExperimentSet.xml
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 jasons jasons 2090 Jul 11 17:29 ExternalDatabase.xml
> -rw-r--r-- 1 jasons jasons 687 Jul 11 17:29 FeatureExtraction.xml
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 jasons jasons 5761 Jul 11 17:29 Feature.xml
> -rw-r--r-- 1 jasons jasons 2712 Jul 11 17:29 functions-sql.xml
>
> It only seems to happen when the F is part of a character class. Is
> this how en_US is supposed to work?
Yes. I believe it's DeEfF. I use LANG=en_US, LC_TIME=C, LC_COLLATE=C.
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Daniel Jacobowitz
MontaVista Software Debian GNU/Linux Developer
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