Re: -prefix conditional expression operator

[Bart Schaefer <schaefer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Nov 18,  1:09am, Greg Klanderman wrote:
}
} Exactly what pattern syntax is allowed by the -prefix operator in
} conditional expressions (in completion functions, of course)?

You've got the right pattern syntax, but the patterns must be quoted:

   [[ -prefix '(\\|)\^/' ]]

Module-supplied operators like -prefix can't change the shell's basic
syntax rules.