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From: Atom Smasher <atom@smasher.org>
To: zsh-users@sunsite.dk
Subject: Re: unexpected wildcard issue
Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2007 00:12:44 -0500 (EST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070308051242.81255.qmail@smasher.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20070308045433.GQ86959@dan.emsphone.com>

On Wed, 7 Mar 2007, Dan Nelson wrote:

> Doesn't matter.  Even if quoted, ls would still see as its first 
> argument something starting with a dash, which it will interpret as an 
> option.  Use "ls -- *xyz" or "ls ./*xyz" to ensure that none of the 
> expanded filenames get mistaken for options.
==================

ok... so, should the shell insert an implied "--" before expanding 
wildcards or globs? is there an option for that? should there be?

thanks...


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  reply	other threads:[~2007-03-08  5:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-03-08  4:51 Atom Smasher
2007-03-08  4:54 ` Dan Nelson
2007-03-08  5:12   ` Atom Smasher [this message]
2007-03-08 17:47     ` Bart Schaefer

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