From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 18352 invoked from network); 8 Mar 2007 05:13:01 -0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.8 (2007-02-13) on f.primenet.com.au X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FORGED_RCVD_HELO autolearn=ham version=3.1.8 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 8 Mar 2007 05:13:01 -0000 Received-SPF: none (ns1.primenet.com.au: domain at sunsite.dk does not designate permitted sender hosts) Received: (qmail 11347 invoked from network); 8 Mar 2007 05:12:55 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.247.90) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 8 Mar 2007 05:12:55 -0000 Received: (qmail 820 invoked by alias); 8 Mar 2007 05:12:48 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-users-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 11242 Received: (qmail 805 invoked from network); 8 Mar 2007 05:12:47 -0000 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by sunsite.dk with SMTP; 8 Mar 2007 05:12:47 -0000 Received: (qmail 10092 invoked from network); 8 Mar 2007 05:12:47 -0000 Received: from atom.smasher.org (69.55.237.145) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 8 Mar 2007 05:12:43 -0000 Received: (qmail 81257 invoked by uid 1000); 8 Mar 2007 05:12:42 -0000 Message-ID: <20070308051242.81255.qmail@smasher.org> Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2007 00:12:44 -0500 (EST) From: Atom Smasher In-Reply-To: <20070308045433.GQ86959@dan.emsphone.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 OpenPGP: id=0xB88D52E4D9F57808; algo=1 (RSA); size=4096; url=http://atom.smasher.org/pgp.txt References: <20070308045130.66826.qmail@smasher.org> <20070308045433.GQ86959@dan.emsphone.com> Subject: Re: unexpected wildcard issue To: zsh-users@sunsite.dk X-POM: The Moon is Waning Gibbous (85% of Full) X-Hashcash: 1:20:0703080512:zsh-users@sunsite.dk::Y5oDcA3/3V58uFiR:0000000000000 0000000000000000000000008Rk7 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... -- ...atom ________________________ http://atom.smasher.org/ 762A 3B98 A3C3 96C9 C6B7 582A B88D 52E4 D9F5 7808 ------------------------------------------------- "When one tries to rise above Nature one is liable to fall below it." -- Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle)