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codeforkjeff/glob_test.sh

Created October 3, 2014 02:36
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  1. codeforkjeff created this gist Oct 3, 2014.
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    #!/bin/bash
    # run this in a dir with some .zip files

    # note that we do NOT escape glob patterns here
    opts="-iname *.zip"

    # normally, bash will expand *.zip and find will complain about arguments
    echo "find will complain:"
    find $opts
    echo "========================================"

    # prevent bash from expanding glob
    set -f

    echo "find works!"
    # this works
    find $opts
    echo "========================================"

    # back to original globbing behavior for remainder of script...
    set +f