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Re: An inconsistency of the outputs of help builtin
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Greg Wooledge |
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Re: An inconsistency of the outputs of help builtin |
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Fri, 20 Dec 2024 08:09:40 -0500 |
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On Fri, Dec 20, 2024 at 04:50:17 -0800, Wiley Young wrote:
> For some reason, while `help -d 'c'` prints the same thing as `help -c
> 'c*'` (note the asterisk), the same is not true when the character is
> left-bracket: `help -c '[*'.
Why did you expect them to be the same? Assuming you meant -d not -c:
help -d [ exactly matches the [ command, so it only prints one thing
help -d [\* matches both the [ and [[ commands, so it prints both
help -d c does not exactly match anything, so it's treated like c\*