Reply to message «Re: Why does this extended glob pattern fail?», 
sent 14:20:58 01 August 2011, Monday
by Ronald Fischer:

> Actually, this does not work either. Instead, I have to write
> 
>   cp $from/^*.(log|png) $dest
> 
> The reason is that ^ doesn't apply to the *whole* word, but only up to
> the first '/'.
There is also a ~ that applies to the whole pattern, but in this case you will 
have to write `$from/*~$from/*.(log|png)'.

Original message:
> On Wed, 27 Jul 2011 15:32 +0100, "Stephane Chazelas"
> 
> <stephane.chazelas@gmail.com> wrote:
> > or better, use globbing alternate operator rather than brace
> > expansion:
> > 
> > cp ^$from/*.(log|png) $dest
> 
> Actually, this does not work either. Instead, I have to write
> 
>   cp $from/^*.(log|png) $dest
> 
> The reason is that ^ doesn't apply to the *whole* word, but only up to
> the first '/'.
> 
> Thanks for helping!
> 
> Ronald