Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 11:04:24 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: "Peter J. Farley III" <pjfarley AT dorsai DOT org>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Possible bash bug in "for x in $path/*x*"
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On Thu, 21 May 1998, Peter J. Farley III wrote:

> when there is NOT any file in a directory in the $PATH
> which matches *awk*, the syntax "for awk in $path/*awk*" sets the
> variable $awk to the value of the path element plus "/*awk*".

That's exactly how Bash is supposed to work by default.  If you don't 
want this behavior, set the variable allow_null_glob_expansion.  It's all 
in the docs.