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Old 02-01-2013
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Originally Posted by ctsgnb
As scrutinizer stated, the point is that [1-9]* is interpreted by the shell as a unix pattern ( matching any string starting with a figure from 1 to 9)

And NOT as a regular expression (matching 0 or more figures that are in the interval from 1 to 9 )

You can easily test it with empty string or strings like "9a" an check whether it matches or not
scrutinizer remines me that when a program runs ,
read each line --> expands meta-characters ---> execute built-in commands
(if steps are wrong or not precise enough , Please ! tell me)
Are those steps related why the case command program running right (precondition is that only integers input) ? Am i right ?
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