diff --git a/kiss b/kiss
index 894076b..4a76161 100755
--- a/kiss
+++ b/kiss
@@ -1189,7 +1189,7 @@ args() {
     #
     # This handles the globbing characters '*', '!', '[' and ']' as per:
     # https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/utilities/xcu_chap02.html
-    [ "${action#[as]*}" ] &&
+    [ "${action##[as]*}" ] &&
         case $@ in *'*'*|*'!'*|*'['*|*']'*)
             die "Arguments contain invalid characters: '!*[]'"
         esac