On Fri, Dec 20, 2024 at 04:50:17 -0800, Wiley Young wrote: > For some reason, while `help -d 'c'` prints the same thing as `help -c > 'c*'` (note the asterisk), the same is not true when the character is > left-bracket: `help -c '[*'.
Why did you expect them to be the same? Assuming you meant -d not -c: help -d [ exactly matches the [ command, so it only prints one thing help -d [\* matches both the [ and [[ commands, so it prints both help -d c does not exactly match anything, so it's treated like c\*
