From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 6124 invoked from network); 6 May 2005 03:58:06 -0000 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 6 May 2005 03:58:06 -0000 Received: (qmail 10083 invoked from network); 6 May 2005 03:57:58 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.247.90) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 6 May 2005 03:57:58 -0000 Received: (qmail 26651 invoked by alias); 6 May 2005 03:57:52 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-users-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 8778 Received: (qmail 26642 invoked from network); 6 May 2005 03:57:51 -0000 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by sunsite.dk with SMTP; 6 May 2005 03:57:51 -0000 Received: (qmail 9037 invoked from network); 6 May 2005 03:57:51 -0000 Received: from vms046pub.verizon.net (206.46.252.46) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 6 May 2005 03:57:48 -0000 Received: from candle.brasslantern.com ([4.11.1.68]) by vms046.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2 HotFix 0.04 (built Dec 24 2004)) with ESMTPA id <0IG100BGLUZZSKY1@vms046.mailsrvcs.net> for zsh-users@sunsite.dk; Thu, 05 May 2005 22:57:37 -0500 (CDT) Received: from candle.brasslantern.com (IDENT:schaefer@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by candle.brasslantern.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id j463vZYa031411 for ; Thu, 05 May 2005 20:57:35 -0700 Received: (from schaefer@localhost) by candle.brasslantern.com (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id j463vYUe031410 for zsh-users@sunsite.dk; Thu, 05 May 2005 20:57:35 -0700 Date: Fri, 06 May 2005 03:57:34 +0000 From: Bart Schaefer Subject: Re: passing parameters In-reply-to: To: zsh-users@sunsite.dk Message-id: <1050506035734.ZM31409@candle.brasslantern.com> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Z-Mail (5.0.0 30July97) Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii References: Comments: In reply to zzapper "passing parameters" (May 5, 10:42pm) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.2 on a.mx.sunsite.dk X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=6.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.0.2 X-Spam-Hits: -2.6 On May 5, 10:42pm, zzapper wrote: } } I have a script which as follows which works fine (where ftx is going } to search for tex docs with pink & main in the name) } } >ftx "pink.*main" That looks like a regular expression rather than a glob pattern? } param="$1.*$2" } } $param is not treated the same as the original $1 Er, "not treated the same" how? There's nowhere near enough context here for anything useful to be said.