Why would I get this: > echo "gtk-2.0/2.10.0/engines/liboxygen-gtk.so > [u::rwx,u:law:rwx,g::r-x,m::rwx,o::r-x]" gtk-2.0/2.10.0/engines/liboxygen-gtk.so [u::rwx,u:law:rwx,g::r-x,m::rwx,o::r-x]
> echo gtk-2.0/2.10.0/engines/liboxygen-gtk.so > [u::rwx,u:law:rwx,g::r-x,m::rwx,o::r-x] gtk-2.0/2.10.0/engines/liboxygen-gtk.so s ^^--so why doesn't it echo out it's input arguments? Where did the acl go? into 's'? ;-/ bash ver=4.2.45(1)-release options (shopt): +autocd +cdable_vars +cdspell +checkhash -checkjobs +checkwinsize +cmdhist -compat31 -compat32 -compat40 -compat41 -direxpand +dirspell +dotglob -execfail +expand_aliases -extdebug +extglob +extquote -failglob +force_fignore +globstar -gnu_errfmt +histappend +histreedit +histverify +hostcomplete -huponexit +interactive_comments -lastpipe +lithist +login_shell -mailwarn +no_empty_cmd_completion +nocaseglob +nocasematch -nullglob +progcomp +promptvars -restricted_shell -shift_verbose +sourcepath +xpg_echo (set): -allexport +braceexpand -emacs -errexit -errtrace -functrace +hashall -histexpand +history -ignoreeof +interactive-comments -keyword +monitor -noclobber -noexec -noglob -nolog -notify -nounset -onecmd -physical +pipefail -posi-privileged -verbose +vi -xtrace ==== Is this something peculiar to my distro again, or hopefully something with simpler explanation? Maybe the [] have some meta meaning now on output? Weird...