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From: Phil Pennock <comet@fysh.org>
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Subject: Re: setopt and alias questions
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In-Reply-To: <990208123047.ZM14645@candle.brasslantern.com>; from "Bart Schaefer" on Mon 8 Feb 1999 (12:30 -0800)
Organisation: Organisation?  Here?  No, over there ---->
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Typing away merrily, Bart Schaefer produced the immortal words:
> }    if [[ -n $@ ]] ; then
> }       listalloptions | egrep "${@:s/ /|/}"
> }    else listalloptions
> }    fi;
> 
> That doesn't work, does it?
> 
>     zsh% argv=(x y z)
>     zsh% print -l "${@:s/ /|/}"
>     x
>     y
>     z
>     zsh% print -l "${(j:|:)@}"
>     x|y|z
>     zsh% print -l "${*:gs/ /|/}"
>     x|y|z

That last one is dependent upon the first character of $IFS being a
space and is perhaps, IMnsHO, not suited for use in a function?

Nice though.
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