# globignore extglob patterns containing colons -- problem until bash-4.2 : ${TMPDIR:=/tmp} TESTDIR=$TMPDIR/bash-globignore-$$ [ -d "$TESTDIR" ] || mkdir "$TESTDIR" cd "$TESTDIR" || exit 2 shopt -s extglob GLOBIGNORE='+([^[:alnum:]]):@([-.,:; _]):[![:alnum:]]' touch ';' '++' echo * rm ';' '++' cd $OLDPWD rmdir $TESTDIR