diff --git a/confluent_client/bin/nodeattrib b/confluent_client/bin/nodeattrib
index b9a9a787..7c3c6c6c 100755
--- a/confluent_client/bin/nodeattrib
+++ b/confluent_client/bin/nodeattrib
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ try:
 except IndexError:
     argparser.print_help()
     sys.exit(1)
+client.check_globbing(noderange)
 session = client.Command()
 exitcode = 0
 
diff --git a/confluent_client/bin/nodebmcreset b/confluent_client/bin/nodebmcreset
index 8d983d3a..e662ec64 100644
--- a/confluent_client/bin/nodebmcreset
+++ b/confluent_client/bin/nodebmcreset
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ try:
 except IndexError:
     argparser.print_help()
     sys.exit(1)
-
+client.check_globbing(noderange)
 session = client.Command()
 exitcode = 0
 
diff --git a/confluent_client/bin/nodeboot b/confluent_client/bin/nodeboot
index f8aa1adf..0c2d53bf 100755
--- a/confluent_client/bin/nodeboot
+++ b/confluent_client/bin/nodeboot
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ except IndexError:
         'Usage: {0} <noderange> [default|cd|network|setup|hd]\n'.format(
             sys.argv[0]))
     sys.exit(1)
+client.check_globbing(noderange)
 bootdev = None
 if len(sys.argv) > 2:
     bootdev = sys.argv[2]
diff --git a/confluent_client/bin/nodeconfig b/confluent_client/bin/nodeconfig
index 62dab9fd..84d27b78 100644
--- a/confluent_client/bin/nodeconfig
+++ b/confluent_client/bin/nodeconfig
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ try:
 except IndexError:
     argparser.print_help()
     sys.exit(1)
+client.check_globbing(noderange)
 setmode = None
 assignment = {}
 queryparms = {}
diff --git a/confluent_client/bin/nodedefine b/confluent_client/bin/nodedefine
index b839caf0..b5184757 100644
--- a/confluent_client/bin/nodedefine
+++ b/confluent_client/bin/nodedefine
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ try:
 except IndexError:
     argparser.print_help()
     sys.exit(1)
+client.check_globbing(noderange)
 session = client.Command()
 exitcode = 0
 attribs = {'name': noderange}
diff --git a/confluent_client/bin/nodeeventlog b/confluent_client/bin/nodeeventlog
index c2b094de..4614f81b 100755
--- a/confluent_client/bin/nodeeventlog
+++ b/confluent_client/bin/nodeeventlog
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ try:
 except IndexError:
     argparser.print_help()
     sys.exit(1)
-
+client.check_globbing(noderange)
 deletemode = False
 if len(sys.argv) == 3:
     if sys.argv[2] == 'clear':
diff --git a/confluent_client/bin/nodefirmware b/confluent_client/bin/nodefirmware
index 20c1ec0d..61e7a2f9 100755
--- a/confluent_client/bin/nodefirmware
+++ b/confluent_client/bin/nodefirmware
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ try:
 except IndexError:
     argparser.print_help()
     sys.exit(1)
+client.check_globbing(noderange)
 
 def get_update_progress(session, url):
     for res in session.read(url):
diff --git a/confluent_client/bin/nodegroupattrib b/confluent_client/bin/nodegroupattrib
index 3ad27614..c695ad34 100755
--- a/confluent_client/bin/nodegroupattrib
+++ b/confluent_client/bin/nodegroupattrib
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ try:
     nodelist = '/{0}/{1}/'.format(nodetype,nodegroups)
 except IndexError:
     nodelist = '/nodegroups/'
+client.check_globbing(nodegroups)
 session = client.Command()
 exitcode = 0
 
diff --git a/confluent_client/bin/nodehealth b/confluent_client/bin/nodehealth
index 31dc21f5..5cafd960 100755
--- a/confluent_client/bin/nodehealth
+++ b/confluent_client/bin/nodehealth
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ try:
 except IndexError:
     argparser.print_help()
     sys.exit(1)
+client.check_globbing(noderange)
 
 
 def main():
diff --git a/confluent_client/bin/nodeidentify b/confluent_client/bin/nodeidentify
index 0618b12e..cc86ee32 100755
--- a/confluent_client/bin/nodeidentify
+++ b/confluent_client/bin/nodeidentify
@@ -38,13 +38,13 @@ try:
 except IndexError:
     argparser.print_help()
     sys.exit(1)
-
+client.check_globbing(noderange)
 identifystate = None
 if len(sys.argv) > 2:
     identifystate = sys.argv[2]
 else:
-	argparser.print_help()
-	sys.exit(1)
+    argparser.print_help()
+    sys.exit(1)
 session = client.Command()
 exitcode = 0
 sys.exit(
diff --git a/confluent_client/bin/nodeinventory b/confluent_client/bin/nodeinventory
index 926b8415..1cbb3d12 100755
--- a/confluent_client/bin/nodeinventory
+++ b/confluent_client/bin/nodeinventory
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ try:
 except IndexError:
     argparser.print_help()
     sys.exit(1)
+client.check_globbing(noderange)
 if len(args) > 1:
     if args[1] == 'firm':
         os.execlp('nodefirmware', 'nodefirmware', noderange)
diff --git a/confluent_client/bin/nodelist b/confluent_client/bin/nodelist
index 9892fa79..61cf4a69 100755
--- a/confluent_client/bin/nodelist
+++ b/confluent_client/bin/nodelist
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ def main():
         nodelist = '/noderange/{0}/nodes/'.format(noderange)
     except IndexError:
         nodelist = '/nodes/'
+    client.check_globbing(noderange)
     session = client.Command()
     exitcode = 0
     showtype='all'
diff --git a/confluent_client/bin/nodepower b/confluent_client/bin/nodepower
index c1169ea0..4eea87ae 100755
--- a/confluent_client/bin/nodepower
+++ b/confluent_client/bin/nodepower
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ try:
 except IndexError:
     argparser.print_help()
     sys.exit(1)
-
+client.check_globbing(noderange)
 setstate = None
 if len(sys.argv) > 2:
     if setstate == 'softoff':
diff --git a/confluent_client/bin/noderemove b/confluent_client/bin/noderemove
index ffcbdcae..c4615a36 100644
--- a/confluent_client/bin/noderemove
+++ b/confluent_client/bin/noderemove
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ if len(args) != 1:
     argparser.print_help()
     sys.exit(1)
 noderange = args[0]
+client.check_globbing(noderange)
 session = client.Command()
 exitcode = 0
 for r in session.delete('/noderange/{0}'.format(noderange)):
diff --git a/confluent_client/bin/nodereseat b/confluent_client/bin/nodereseat
index a4c829ff..e838e42d 100644
--- a/confluent_client/bin/nodereseat
+++ b/confluent_client/bin/nodereseat
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ try:
 except IndexError:
     argparser.print_help()
     sys.exit(1)
-
+client.check_globbing(noderange)
 session = client.Command()
 exitcode = 0
 
diff --git a/confluent_client/bin/noderun b/confluent_client/bin/noderun
index 8e380d84..816bf185 100755
--- a/confluent_client/bin/noderun
+++ b/confluent_client/bin/noderun
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ def run():
         argparser.print_help()
         sys.exit(1)
     concurrentprocs = options.count
+    client.check_globbing(args[0])
     c = client.Command()
     cmdstr = " ".join(args[1:])
 
diff --git a/confluent_client/bin/nodesensors b/confluent_client/bin/nodesensors
index 7e5cc8d6..51eb9128 100755
--- a/confluent_client/bin/nodesensors
+++ b/confluent_client/bin/nodesensors
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ if options.numreadings:
         options.interval = 1
 try:
     noderange = args[0]
+    client.check_globbing(noderange)
 except IndexError:
     argparser.print_help()
     sys.exit(1)
@@ -79,7 +80,6 @@ for sensorgroup in args[1:]:
                 sensors.append('sensors/hardware/all/' + sensor)
 if not sensors:
     sensors = ['sensors/hardware/all/all']
-
 session = client.Command()
 exitcode = 0
 sensorheaders = {}
diff --git a/confluent_client/bin/nodesetboot b/confluent_client/bin/nodesetboot
index 524d30d3..7954a2bf 100755
--- a/confluent_client/bin/nodesetboot
+++ b/confluent_client/bin/nodesetboot
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ argparser.add_option('-u', '--uefi', dest='uefi', action='store_true',
 
 try:
     noderange = args[0]
+    client.check_globbing(noderange)
 except IndexError:
     argparser.print_help()
     sys.exit(1)
diff --git a/confluent_client/bin/nodeshell b/confluent_client/bin/nodeshell
index 95706c55..f80071d7 100755
--- a/confluent_client/bin/nodeshell
+++ b/confluent_client/bin/nodeshell
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ def run():
     if len(args) < 2:
         argparser.print_help()
         sys.exit(1)
+    client.check_globbing(args[0])
     concurrentprocs = options.count
     c = client.Command()
     cmdstr = " ".join(args[1:])
diff --git a/confluent_client/confluent/client.py b/confluent_client/confluent/client.py
index e514b505..d3bfb66d 100644
--- a/confluent_client/confluent/client.py
+++ b/confluent_client/confluent/client.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import anydbm as dbm
 import errno
 import hashlib
 import os
+import shlex
 import socket
 import ssl
 import sys
@@ -455,3 +456,28 @@ def updateattrib(session, updateargs, nodetype, noderange, options):
                 exitcode = 1
             sys.exit(exitcode)
     return exitcode
+
+
+# So we try to prevent bad things from happening when globbing
+# We tried to head this off at the shell, but the various solutions would end
+# up breaking the shell in various ways (breaking pipe capability if using
+# DEBUG, breaking globbing if in pipe, etc)
+# Then we tried to parse the original commandline instead, however shlex isn't
+# going to parse full bourne language (e.g. knowing that '|' and '>' and
+# a world of other things would not be in our command line
+# so finally, just make sure the noderange appears verbatim in the command line
+# if we glob to something, then bash will change noderange and this should
+# detect it and save the user from tragedy
+def check_globbing(noderange):
+    rawargs = os.environ.get('CURRENT_CMDLINE', None)
+    if rawargs:
+        rawargs = shlex.split(rawargs)
+        for arg in rawargs:
+            if arg.startswith(noderange):
+                break
+        else:
+            sys.stderr.write(
+                'Shell glob conflict detected, specified target {0} '
+                'not in command line (if bash, try set -f)'
+                '\n'.format(noderange))
+            sys.exit(1)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/confluent_client/confluent_env.sh b/confluent_client/confluent_env.sh
index 8eed98d9..b4139b52 100644
--- a/confluent_client/confluent_env.sh
+++ b/confluent_client/confluent_env.sh
@@ -6,21 +6,28 @@ export MANPATH
 # this avoids a problem if a user does a noderange like 'n[21-33] and there is a file
 # in the directory like 'n3' that causes the parameter to change and target a totally
 # different node
-alias confetty='set -f;confetty';confetty(){ command confetty "$@"; set +f;}
-alias nodeattrib='set -f;nodeattrib';nodeattrib(){ command nodeattrib "$@"; set +f;}
-alias nodeboot='set -f;nodeboot';nodeboot(){ command nodeboot "$@"; set +f;}
-alias nodeconsole='set -f;nodeconsole';nodeconsole(){ command nodeconsole "$@"; set +f;}
-alias nodedefine='set -f;nodedefine';nodedefine(){ command nodedefine "$@"; set +f;}
-alias nodeeventlog='set -f;nodeeventlog';nodeeventlog(){ command nodeeventlog "$@"; set +f;}
-alias nodefirmware='set -f;nodefirmware';nodefirmware(){ command nodefirmware "$@"; set +f;}
-alias nodegroupattrib='set -f;nodegroupattrib';nodegroupattrib(){ command nodegroupattrib "$@"; set +f;}
-alias nodehealth='set -f;nodehealth';nodehealth(){ command nodehealth "$@"; set +f;}
-alias nodeidentify='set -f;nodeidentify';nodeidentify(){ command nodeidentify "$@"; set +f;}
-alias nodeinventory='set -f;nodeinventory';nodeinventory(){ command nodeinventory "$@"; set +f;}
-alias nodelist='set -f;nodelist';nodelist(){ command nodelist "$@"; set +f;}
-alias nodepower='set -f;nodepower';nodepower(){ command nodepower "$@"; set +f;}
-alias nodereseat='set -f;nodereseat';nodereseat(){ command nodereseat "$@"; set +f;}
-alias noderun='set -f;noderun';noderun(){ command noderun "$@"; set +f;}
-alias nodesensors='set -f;nodesensors';nodesensors(){ command nodesensors "$@"; set +f;}
-alias nodesetboot='set -f;nodesetboot';nodesetboot(){ command nodesetboot "$@"; set +f;}
-alias nodeshell='set -f;nodeshell';nodeshell(){ command nodeshell "$@"; set +f;}
+# Unfortunately in bourne shell, we cannot reliably ensure a prepended set-f
+# and an appended set +f are both run.  alias seems to be the only mechanism
+# that can intervene before glob expansion, but it lacks power.
+# putting it into a function to append is all well and good, *except*  that
+# if doing something like 'nodepower compute|grep' causes set -f to execute
+# in current shell, and the function to be in a subshell and leaves globbing
+# disabled in the parent shell.  Instead, store the current command in a
+# variable and use that to check for misglobbed noderanges, which was the goal
+alias nodeattrib='CURRENT_CMDLINE=$(HISTTIMEFORMAT= builtin history 1); export CURRENT_CMDLINE; nodeattrib'
+alias nodeboot='CURRENT_CMDLINE=$(HISTTIMEFORMAT= builtin history 1); export CURRENT_CMDLINE; nodeboot'
+alias nodeconsole='CURRENT_CMDLINE=$(HISTTIMEFORMAT= builtin history 1); export CURRENT_CMDLINE; nodeconsole'
+alias nodedefine='CURRENT_CMDLINE=$(HISTTIMEFORMAT= builtin history 1); export CURRENT_CMDLINE; nodedefine'
+alias nodeeventlog='CURRENT_CMDLINE=$(HISTTIMEFORMAT= builtin history 1); export CURRENT_CMDLINE; nodeeventlog'
+alias nodefirmware='CURRENT_CMDLINE=$(HISTTIMEFORMAT= builtin history 1); export CURRENT_CMDLINE; nodefirmware'
+alias nodegroupattrib='CURRENT_CMDLINE=$(HISTTIMEFORMAT= builtin history 1); export CURRENT_CMDLINE; nodegroupattrib'
+alias nodehealth='CURRENT_CMDLINE=$(HISTTIMEFORMAT= builtin history 1); export CURRENT_CMDLINE; nodehealth'
+alias nodeidentify='CURRENT_CMDLINE=$(HISTTIMEFORMAT= builtin history 1); export CURRENT_CMDLINE; nodeidentify'
+alias nodeinventory='CURRENT_CMDLINE=$(HISTTIMEFORMAT= builtin history 1); export CURRENT_CMDLINE; nodeinventory'
+alias nodelist='CURRENT_CMDLINE=$(HISTTIMEFORMAT= builtin history 1); export CURRENT_CMDLINE; nodelist'
+alias nodepower='CURRENT_CMDLINE=$(HISTTIMEFORMAT= builtin history 1); export CURRENT_CMDLINE; nodepower'
+alias nodereseat='CURRENT_CMDLINE=$(HISTTIMEFORMAT= builtin history 1); export CURRENT_CMDLINE; nodereseat'
+alias noderun='CURRENT_CMDLINE=$(HISTTIMEFORMAT= builtin history 1); export CURRENT_CMDLINE; noderun'
+alias nodesensors='CURRENT_CMDLINE=$(HISTTIMEFORMAT= builtin history 1); export CURRENT_CMDLINE; nodesensors'
+alias nodesetboot='CURRENT_CMDLINE=$(HISTTIMEFORMAT= builtin history 1); export CURRENT_CMDLINE; nodesetboot'
+alias nodeshell='CURRENT_CMDLINE=$(HISTTIMEFORMAT= builtin history 1); export CURRENT_CMDLINE; nodeshell'