From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
Return-Path: <zsh-users-return-7356-mason-zsh=primenet.com.au@sunsite.dk>
Received: (qmail 2491 invoked from network); 15 Apr 2004 14:03:14 -0000
Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.247.90)
  by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 15 Apr 2004 14:03:14 -0000
Received: (qmail 17591 invoked by alias); 15 Apr 2004 14:02:52 -0000
Mailing-List: contact zsh-users-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm
Precedence: bulk
X-No-Archive: yes
X-Seq: 7356
Received: (qmail 17578 invoked from network); 15 Apr 2004 14:02:51 -0000
Received: from localhost (HELO sunsite.dk) (127.0.0.1)
  by localhost with SMTP; 15 Apr 2004 14:02:51 -0000
X-MessageWall-Score: 0 (sunsite.dk)
Received: from [130.225.247.86] by sunsite.dk (MessageWall 1.0.8) with SMTP; 15 Apr 2004 14:2:51 -0000
Received: (qmail 6134 invoked from network); 15 Apr 2004 14:02:51 -0000
Received: from nwkea-mail-1.sun.com (192.18.42.13)
  by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 15 Apr 2004 14:02:48 -0000
Received: from centralmail1brm.Central.Sun.COM ([129.147.62.1])
	by nwkea-mail-1.sun.com (8.12.10/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i3FE2H6N008581;
	Thu, 15 Apr 2004 07:02:17 -0700 (PDT)
Received: from dabulls.Central.Sun.COM (dabulls.Central.Sun.COM [172.20.25.52])
	by centralmail1brm.Central.Sun.COM (8.12.10+Sun/8.12.10/ENSMAIL,v2.2) with ESMTP id i3FE2GcE003566;
	Thu, 15 Apr 2004 08:02:16 -0600 (MDT)
Received: from dabulls.Central.Sun.COM (localhost [127.0.0.1])
	by dabulls.Central.Sun.COM (8.12.11+Sun/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i3FE1Sbe005016;
	Thu, 15 Apr 2004 08:01:28 -0600 (MDT)
Received: (from talley@localhost)
	by dabulls.Central.Sun.COM (8.12.11+Sun/8.12.11/Submit) id i3FE1RqD004935;
	Thu, 15 Apr 2004 10:01:27 -0400 (EDT)
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 10:01:26 -0400
From: Steve Talley <stephen.talley@sun.com>
To: Eric Smith <es@fruitcom.com>
Cc: zsh-users@sunsite.dk
Subject: Re: turning off globbing
Message-ID: <20040415140126.GA1645@.central.sun.com>
References: <18a4tywqyqlmn.dlg@thorstenkampe.de> <20040415122159.GK11257@fruitcom.com>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1;
	protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="qDbXVdCdHGoSgWSk"
Content-Disposition: inline
In-Reply-To: <20040415122159.GK11257@fruitcom.com>
User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i
X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 on a.mx.sunsite.dk
X-Spam-Level: 
X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=6.0 tests=none autolearn=no version=2.63
X-Spam-Hits: 0.0


--qDbXVdCdHGoSgWSk
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Disposition: inline

Try the "noglob" precommand modifier to turn off globbing for the
duration of the command.

% noglob expr 5 * 4
20

Steve

Eric Smith wrote:

> How do I trun off globbing (and then turn it on again) with the
> `*' so I can use fir example calc(1) without escaping the *
> chars?
>
> thanks

--qDbXVdCdHGoSgWSk
Content-Type: application/pgp-signature
Content-Disposition: inline

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (SunOS)

iD8DBQFAfpW2pLGzI179N3kRAp0CAJwN4WVLYNQKgnGQzxWkqRQ69Z2x/wCghqvS
PDCTjm5WHmsGscJYHmSC8zs=
=AeWo
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

--qDbXVdCdHGoSgWSk--