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-rw-r--r--shell/ash.c15
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/shell/ash.c b/shell/ash.c
index d617168b9..ecd2146e4 100644
--- a/shell/ash.c
+++ b/shell/ash.c
@@ -7047,6 +7047,21 @@ expandmeta(struct strlist *str /*, int flag*/)
if (fflag)
goto nometa;
+
+ /* Avoid glob() (and thus, stat() et al) for words like "echo" */
+ p = str->text;
+ while (*p) {
+ if (*p == '*')
+ goto need_glob;
+ if (*p == '?')
+ goto need_glob;
+ if (*p == '[')
+ goto need_glob;
+ p++;
+ }
+ goto nometa;
+
+ need_glob:
INT_OFF;
p = preglob(str->text, RMESCAPE_ALLOC | RMESCAPE_HEAP);
// GLOB_NOMAGIC (GNU): if no *?[ chars in pattern, return it even if no match