[opensuse] Back to the basics (bash)

Hi!, anybody can tell me why using "[]" sustitution for file listing works ciro@roamer:/tmp> ls -ld [123]b drwxr-xr-x 2 ciro users 4096 ago 10 16:22 1b drwxr-xr-x 2 ciro users 4096 ago 10 16:22 2b drwxr-xr-x 2 ciro users 4096 ago 10 16:22 3b But for file creation it doesn't? ciro@roamer:/tmp/bash> mkdir [123]dir ciro@roamer:/tmp/bash> touch [123].file ciro@roamer:/tmp/bash> ls -l total 4 drwxr-xr-x 2 ciro users 4096 ago 11 17:04 [123]dir -rw-r--r-- 1 ciro users 0 ago 11 17:04 [123].file Regards, -- Ciro Iriarte http://cyruspy.wordpress.com -- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org