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Ulrich Mueller wrote: |
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> But both sides of [[ ]] aren't symmetric, in the first place: |
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> # When the == and != operators are used, the string to the right of |
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> # the operator is considered a pattern and matched according to the |
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> # rules described below under Pattern Matching. |
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> So there's almost never a reason for quoting the left-hand side, while |
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> on the right-hand side quotes will suppress pattern matching. |
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> (Of course, in the example above it doesn't matter, because the string |
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> doesn't contain any special characters.) |
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Indeed; minor addition: the above applies to [[ foo = bar* ]] as well, |
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ie you don't have to use == (and most BASH scripters don't.) It's the fact |
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that you're in [[ which triggers fnmatch() behaviour. |
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