Re: Brace expansion error

[Chet Ramey]

> echo ~/{"old"}
> echo ~/{"old","new","dist","bugs"}
> 
> Results in:
> 
> /root/{old}
> /root/old /root/new /root/dist /root/bugs
> 
> When there is only one element, braces do not expand.

As documented:

       A correctly-formed brace expansion must  contain  unquoted
       opening  and  closing  braces,  and  at least one unquoted
       comma.  Any incorrectly formed  brace  expansion  is  left
       unchanged.

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