From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 5961 invoked from network); 22 Feb 2006 21:54:09 -0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.0 (2005-09-13) on f.primenet.com.au X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, FORGED_RCVD_HELO autolearn=ham version=3.1.0 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 22 Feb 2006 21:54:09 -0000 Received: (qmail 20434 invoked from network); 22 Feb 2006 21:54:01 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.247.90) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 22 Feb 2006 21:54:01 -0000 Received: (qmail 1670 invoked by alias); 22 Feb 2006 21:53:52 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-users-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 9954 Received: (qmail 1661 invoked from network); 22 Feb 2006 21:53:52 -0000 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by sunsite.dk with SMTP; 22 Feb 2006 21:53:52 -0000 Received: (qmail 19185 invoked from network); 22 Feb 2006 21:53:52 -0000 Received: from dan.emsphone.com (199.67.51.101) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 22 Feb 2006 21:53:50 -0000 Received: (from dan@localhost) by dan.emsphone.com (8.13.1/8.13.4) id k1MLriSC065885; Wed, 22 Feb 2006 15:53:44 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from dan) Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 15:53:44 -0600 From: Dan Nelson To: zzapper , zsh-users@sunsite.dk Subject: Re: FNG optional presecence of a character Message-ID: <20060222215344.GA55021@dan.emsphone.com> References: <20060222212925.GA23470@scowler.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060222212925.GA23470@scowler.net> X-OS: FreeBSD 5.4-STABLE X-message-flag: Outlook Error User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 In the last episode (Feb 22), Clint Adams said: > > _fred.php > > fred.php > > > > I know I can do a clumsy > > > > ls [_f][fr]*.php > > ls {_,}fred.php Not strictly the same, since that's brace expansion, not globbing. This is the equivalent glob pattern (match _ or the empty string): ls (_|)fred.php -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com