csh globbing got broken a while back

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Created Mar ’25

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 % mkdir /tmp/test
% cd /tmp/test
% touch {a,b,c}{1,2,3,4,5,6}.txt
% lf
a1.txt	a3.txt	a5.txt	b1.txt	b3.txt	b5.txt	c1.txt	c3.txt	c5.txt
a2.txt	a4.txt	a6.txt	b2.txt	b4.txt	b6.txt	c2.txt	c4.txt	c6.txt
% echo [b-z]*.txt
a1.txt a2.txt a3.txt a4.txt a5.txt a6.txt b1.txt b2.txt b3.txt b4.txt b5.txt b6.txt c1.txt c2.txt c3.txt c4.txt c5.txt c6.txt

I filed FB16715590 about this. I have a vague memory this might be related to some code to pretend to be case insensitive, but I can't find it now.

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Answer 1

endecotp OP

Mar ’25

Does it depend on your locale?

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Answer 2

kithrup OP

Mar ’25

It does not appear to -- setting LC_ALL to "" and "C" results in the same behaviour. It only happens with ranges; using echo [bc]*.txt works as expected.

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Answer 3

endecotp OP

Mar ’25

Very mysterious.

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	% mkdir /tmp/test
	% cd /tmp/test
	% touch {a,b,c}{1,2,3,4,5,6}.txt
	% lf
	a1.txt a3.txt a5.txt b1.txt b3.txt b5.txt c1.txt c3.txt c5.txt
	a2.txt a4.txt a6.txt b2.txt b4.txt b6.txt c2.txt c4.txt c6.txt
	% echo [b-z]*.txt
	a1.txt a2.txt a3.txt a4.txt a5.txt a6.txt b1.txt b2.txt b3.txt b4.txt b5.txt b6.txt c1.txt c2.txt c3.txt c4.txt c5.txt c6.txt