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Glob expansion does not work when the filename pattern contains multiple periods on windows

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Issue type
Bug
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Mostly clear
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Tech stack
javascript, node.js
Domain
cli

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Reproduce the quoted shx ls command on Windows, then trace glob handling for ls and the other affected commands such as mv, cp, and rm. The work is done when patterns containing multiple periods, such as src/**/*.mixins.scss, expand correctly on Windows without regressing simpler patterns.

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Description

fix Windows

Version: 0.3.4

Issue: Running a command like shx ls \"src/**/*.mixins.scss\" will result in ls: no such file or directory: src/**/*.mixins.scss
If the command is instead shx ls \"src/**/*.scss\" then the command works as expected.

This is true for many commands such as mv, cp, rm etc

I tested the glob expansion behavior directly in Git bash, powershell and in a shell in Ubuntu and glob expansion works as expected.

I have not tested the shx behavior in linux.

Let me know if I should structure the command differently.

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