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Date:      Wed, 5 Oct 2005 09:04:49 GMT
From:      Jack Low <xxjack12xx@gmail.com>
To:        freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   bin/86931: rm wildcards is not rming files with brackets
Message-ID:  <200510050904.j9594nsY077011@www.freebsd.org>
Resent-Message-ID: <200510050910.j959AJLB099052@freefall.freebsd.org>

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>Number:         86931
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       rm wildcards is not rming files with brackets
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Oct 05 09:10:19 GMT 2005
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Jack Low
>Release:        6.0-BETA5
>Organization:
>Environment:
FreeBSD musirc.com 6.0-BETA5 FreeBSD 6.0-BETA5 #0: Mon Sep 19 22:30:57 PDT 2005     jack@musirc.com:/usr/obj/usr/nsrc/sys/MUSIRC  i386

>Description:
%rm /*/*/*/*/*/*/*-file-in-this*
rm: /hidden/---[No-SFV-file-in-this-directory]-: No such file or directory
rm: /hidden/---[No-SFV-file-in-this-directory]-: No such file or directory
rm: /hidden/---[No-SFV-file-in-this-directory]-: No such file or directory
rm: /hidden/---[No-SFV-file-in-this-directory]-: No such file or directory
rm: /hidden/---[No-SFV-file-in-this-directory]-: No such file or directory
rm: /hidden/---[No-SFV-file-in-this-directory]-: No such file or directory
rm: /hidden/---[No-SFV-file-in-this-directory]-: No such file or directory
rm: /hidden/---[No-SFV-file-in-this-directory]-: No such file or directory
rm: /hidden/---[No-SFV-file-in-this-directory]-: No such file or directory
rm: /hidden/---[No-SFV-file-in-this-directory]-: No such file or directory
rm: /hidden/---[No-SFV-file-in-this-directory]-: No such file or directory
rm: /hidden/---[No-SFV-file-in-this-directory]-: No such file or directory
%                                                            

I have replaced the path with /hidden to hide the confidential directories
>How-To-Repeat:
rm *wildcard on a directory with square brackets
>Fix:
if square brackets are seen, escape them.
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:



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