On Saturday 28 January 2006 16:47, Bob Proulx wrote:
> Tim Waugh wrote:
> > echo a-{b{d,e}}-c
> >
> > Should get: a-{bd}-c a-{be}-c
> > but actually get: a-bd-c a-be-c
>
> Hmm... But csh is the origin of the brace expansion feature. So
> shouldn't bash behave like csh? Which bash does do at this time.
>
> csh -c 'echo a-{b{d,e}}-c'
> a-bd-c a-be-c
> bash -c 'echo a-{b{d,e}}-c'
> a-bd-c a-be-c
>
> What is the basis for the belief that it should get the other output?
bash -c 'echo a-{b}-c'
a-{b}-c
seems to me current behavior is inconsistent
-mike
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