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Creating fingerprints file based on folder followed by asterisk results in near empty file 12kB #17

Closed slrslr closed 5 months ago

slrslr commented 5 months ago

Debian 11 package Version: 2.18-7+b2

$ findimagedupes -f /dev/shm/fpdb-nonrecur-asteriskk-git -n -- "/a/b/_c d/e f/*"

produces 12kB file (no fingerprints?)

$ findimagedupes -f /dev/shm/fpdb-nonrecur-git -n -- "/a/b/_c d/e f/"

produces ~5MB file

isn't it unnecessarily confusing for the user?

jhnc commented 5 months ago

findimagedupes should have warned something like:

Warning: skipping file: /a/b/_c d/e f/*

Do you actually have a file or directory literally called /a/b/_c d/e f/* ?

I'm afraid POSIX shell syntax is what it is. Glob wildcards (*, ?, etc) only expand when not inside quotes.

Perhaps you intended something like: "/a/b/_c d/e f/"* ?