From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 10207 invoked from network); 13 Oct 2000 20:03:39 -0000 Received: from sunsite.auc.dk (130.225.51.30) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 13 Oct 2000 20:03:39 -0000 Received: (qmail 1437 invoked by alias); 13 Oct 2000 20:03:00 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-users-help@sunsite.auc.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 3456 Received: (qmail 1430 invoked from network); 13 Oct 2000 20:02:59 -0000 From: "Jack McKinney" Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 15:02:57 -0500 To: zsh-users@sunsite.auc.dk Subject: Re: converting parameter to words Message-ID: <20001013150257.B2984@stocks.pillory.com> Mail-Followup-To: zsh-users@sunsite.auc.dk References: <20001013104819.A32478@stocks.pillory.com> <1001013182323.ZM5486@candle.brasslantern.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i In-Reply-To: <1001013182323.ZM5486@candle.brasslantern.com>; from schaefer@candle.brasslantern.com on Fri, Oct 13, 2000 at 06:23:23PM +0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Big Brother tells me that Bart Schaefer wrote: > On Oct 13, 10:48am, Jack McKinney wrote: > } > } for i > } do > } temp="$temp -r $i" > } done > } > } command $temp > } > } From the man page, it sounds like ${^temp} or ${=temp} should > } work, but neither does. > > ${=temp} should have done it for you: > > zagzig[562] x="foo -r bar -r baz" > zagzig[563] print -l ${=x} Yep... this did it. I found another bone-headed error in the script that was causing the real problem. - -- "Restore your inalienable human rights. Jack McKinney Vote Libertarian. http://www.lp.org http://www.lorentz.com http://www.harrybrowne2000.org F4 A0 65 67 58 77 AF 9B FC B3 C5 6B 55 36 94 A6 jackmc@lorentz.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBOedqbkZx0BGJTwrZAQG2FwQAhImbPTBIKB8lSNGQeGBpIQ8hiE+d6vXx 5GSgL827sA/YWNc0mJqSVkYSRyNp+aLckHpMI7PWHFAp/aBHrT8DDeuX43GtIWfw zek+krAz50DsqEC24zkhz1ia9W+peAn8EooarnSH9JkJhPObhChKvg0yJ/vmIjO/ F/kSil5k3a4= =lW0a -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----