From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 25378 invoked by alias); 21 Apr 2014 13:50:16 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-users-help@zsh.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes List-Id: Zsh Users List List-Post: List-Help: X-Seq: 18749 Received: (qmail 3039 invoked from network); 21 Apr 2014 13:50:11 -0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on f.primenet.com.au X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 From: Bart Schaefer Message-id: <140421065030.ZM3430@torch.brasslantern.com> Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2014 06:50:30 -0700 In-reply-to: <20140421050746.GA3848@solfire> Comments: In reply to meino.cramer@gmx.de "Weird directory (cd)" (Apr 21, 7:07am) References: <20140421050746.GA3848@solfire> X-Mailer: OpenZMail Classic (0.9.2 24April2005) To: zsh-users@zsh.org Subject: Re: Weird directory (cd) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On Apr 21, 7:07am, meino.cramer@gmx.de wrote: } } I did a } } cd \#\#CARD\# } } and got back } } cd:10: bad pattern: ##CARD# } zsh: exit 1 Something has removed the backslashes. Do you have an alias or function for "cd", or a precmd or other hook that might reprocess the arguments?