bug#11228: Bug in ls?

[Chris Jones]

On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 10:59:23AM EDT, Pádraig Brady wrote:
> On 04/12/2012 03:49 PM, Chris Jones wrote:

> > As to dotglob, I knew of its existence.. but it never made it to my
> > active vocabulary.
> > 
> > The problem with ‘shopt -s dotglob; command’ is that it leaves the
> > option set for the ensuing session. 
> 
> That's why I ran it in a (subshell)

Something else that ‘never made it to my active vocabulary/grammar’..
Hence I missed it.. I even foolishly tested it like so:

| $ bash
| $ shopt -s dotglob; ..
| $ exit

But the question really was... ‘is there a downside to setting dotglob
in--e.g. .. ~/.bashrc’..?

Thanks,

CJ

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