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Re: Infinite loop triggered by extglob +(!(x))y


From: Andreas Schwab
Subject: Re: Infinite loop triggered by extglob +(!(x))y
Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2021 23:01:52 +0200
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On Jul 25 2021, Chet Ramey wrote:

> In the bash build directory, for instance, it fails right away, as it
> should: there aren't any files ending in `y'.

It doesn't matter whether the file name contains `y', just how long it
is.  Try creating a file with a name of 30 or more characters.  Each
additional character doubles the run time.

Andreas.

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