# The bug here was triggered by: # * performin pathname expansion because we see [ # * replace operator did not escape \ in replace string IP=192.168.0.1 rm -f '192.168.0.1[' echo "${IP//./\\.}" echo "${IP//./\\.}"'[' # bug was here echo "${IP//./\\.}[" # bug was here echo "${IP//./\\\\.}[" # bug was here echo "192\.168\.0\.1[" echo >'192.168.0.1[' echo "${IP//./\\.}" echo "${IP//./\\.}"'[' # bug was here echo "${IP//./\\.}[" # bug was here echo "${IP//./\\\\.}[" # bug was here echo "192\.168\.0\.1[" rm -f '192.168.0.1['