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List:       bash-bug
Subject:    Re: globstar: **/foo*/ matches all directories, even ones not named foo*
From:       Chet Ramey <chet.ramey () case ! edu>
Date:       2009-09-18 22:48:18
Message-ID: 4AB40E32.3020604 () case ! edu
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Anders Kaseorg wrote:

> Bash Version: 4.0
> Patch Level: 33
> Release Status: release
> 
> Description:
> 	With the globstar option enabled, bash seems to misinterpret
> 	other wildcard path components between a **/ and the last / as
> 	matching any path, even if the path doesn't match the
> 	wildcard.

Thanks for the report.  I will release a fix for this as a patch to
bash-4.0.

Chet

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