#!/bin/sh testmatch() { case $1 in ( $2 ) printf ok1 ;; ( * ) printf fail1 ;; esac case $1,$2 in ( $2,"$2" ) printf ok2 ;; ( * ) printf fail2 ;; esac case $1, in ( $2, ) printf ok3 ;; ( * ) printf fail3 ;; esac case ,$2 in ( ,"$2" ) printf ok4 ;; ( * ) printf fail4 ;; esac case "$1,$2" in ( $2,"$2" ) printf ok5 ;; ( * ) printf fail5 ;; esac echo } for c in $'\1' $'\2' $'\177'; do echo -n "--- testing: " echo "$c" | od -t a | awk 'NR==1 { print $2 } ' testmatch "${c}" "\\${c}" testmatch "${c}x" "\\${c}\\x" # bash-git fails case 2 and 5 for $'\1' testmatch "${c}x" "${c}\\x" testmatch "${c}x" "${c}x" testmatch "${c}x" "\\${c}x" testmatch "x${c}" "\\x\\${c}" testmatch "x${c}" "x\\${c}" done match() { case $1 in ( $2 ) ;; ( * ) return 1 ;; esac; } match $'? *x\1y\177z' $'??\\*\\x\\\1\\y\\\177\\z' || echo bad 6