Re: Problem with glob and filenames containing '[' and ']'

anno4000@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
David Squire <David.Squire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in comp.lang.perl.misc:
Hi folks,

I'm having trouble using glob to find filenames that contain '[' and
']', even though I am escaping those meta-characters. Here is an example
script and output:

I don't know what goes wrong for you. It works for me as expected
(after replacing /damocles/documents/ENH1260/2006/2/Short assignment/
with something that exists on my box).

Thanks. Would you be able to try my second, simpler, example too? That
seems to narrow down the oddness.


DS
.

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