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## Brace expansions don't work as operands in [ ]. Use a loop.
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### Problematic code:
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```sh
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[ "$file" = index.{htm,html,php} ] && echo "This is the main file"
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```
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### Correct code:
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```sh
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for main in index.{htm,html,php}
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do
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[ "$file" = "$main" ] && echo "This is the main file"
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done
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```
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### Rationale:
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Brace expansions in `[ ]` will expand to a sequence of words. Operators work on single words.
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The problematic code is equivalent to `[ "$file" = index.htm index.html index.php ]`, which is invalid syntax. A typical error message is `bash: [: too many arguments` or `dash: somefile: unexpected operator`.
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Instead, use a `for` loop to iterate over values, and apply your condition to each.
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### Exceptions:
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None.
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