On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 2:04 AM, Richard <ort_b...@bergersen.no> wrote: > Hi! > > On 10. des. 2010, at 06.26, Dennis Williamson wrote: > >>> ------------------------------------------ >>> #!/bin/bash >>> >>> touch /Users/myuser/pretérito.txt >>> >>> # Example 1 >>> myfile="/Users/myuser/pretérito.txt" >>> >>> for b in "$myfile"; do >>> if [[ $b == $myfile ]]; then >>> echo "OK 1: $b ------ $myfile" >>> fi >>> done >>> >>> # Example 2 >>> myfolder="/Users/myuser/" >>> unset b >>> for b in "$myfolder"*; do >>> if [[ $b == $myfile ]]; then >>> echo "OK 2: $b ------ $myfile" >>> fi >>> done >>> ----------------------------------------- >>> >>> Richard Taubo >>> >> >> if [[ $b == $myfolder$myfile ]]; then >> >> Try >> >> echo $myfolder/* >> >> you will see that each file has the directory name prepended. > > > Thanks for feedback! > > Do you mean: > > ------------------------------------------ > #!/bin/bash > > touch /Users/myuser/pretérito.txt > myfile="pretérito.txt" > > myfolder="/Users/myuser/" > for b in "$myfolder"*; do > if [[ $b == $myfolder$myfile ]]; then > echo $myfolder/* > fi > done > ----------------------------------------- > > That gives the same result as before, i.e. it does not work. > > Thanks! > > Richard Taubo
No, I meant to use the echo separately so you could see what the glob was doing. I'm sorry, because of the way I tested it, I made a mistake in what I posted. The line should be as you originally had it. It should work. It sounds like there's a problem with your locale. What does the locale command output?
