(12-04-2021, 11:47 AM)s0kx Wrote: Came up with something really horrible looking before remembering that wsl of course uses bash, which makes me disqualifed. Like mort's example, this also breaks with empty directories. I will certainly be returning to this challenge later..

Code:

~ $ for i in test/{*,.*[^..]}; do echo $i; done
test/directorywithfiles
test/file with spaces.txt
test/textfile.txt
test/.hiddenfile.txt
~ $

It also fails when there is no hidden file.
Quoting from The UNIX Programming Environment:

Quote:What happens if no files match the pattern? The shell, rather than complaining (as it did in early versions), passes the string on as though it had been quoted. …

Code:

$ ls x*y
x*y not found
$ >xyzzy
$ ls x*y
xyzzy
$ ls 'x*y'
x*y not found