all.
In bash's parameter syntax,
name=val
val
does not get pathname-expansion.
How can I put pathname-expanded result to another variable?
$ ls foo*
foo.1
$ A="foo.*"
$ echo $A
foo.1
$ touch foo.2
$ echo $A
foo.1 foo.2
I want to have A
retain value "foo.1"
after touching foo.2
.
Thanks in advance.