Re: AI 2000-05-010: proposed interface

[Ulrich Drepper <yyyyyyy@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Keld Jørn Simonsen <yyyy@xxxxxxxx> writes:

> In my mind [a-c] should include a A b B c C (and diacritcs).
> New and novice users would expect that behaviour.

On which planet do you live?  People writing

        rm [a-z]*

don't want to see their file named IMPORTANT being removed.

> It is only due to heritage from the POSIX/C locale that
> some people expect it not to include the uppercase letters
> and the diacritics.

Diacritics are OK.  But uppercase characters: no.  And its not just
inheritance.  You apparently are not using the shell much.  It's a
matter of convenience to be able to remove files based on this kind of
classification.  And note: [a-c]  does not include aAbBcC.  It includes
aAbBc or AaBbC.

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