From: ZyX <zyx@np.by>
To: zsh-users@zsh.org
Subject: Re: Why does this extended glob pattern fail?
Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2011 17:24:31 +0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <201108011724.32006@-zyx> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1312194058.12893.2158087337@webmail.messagingengine.com>
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Reply to message «Re: Why does this extended glob pattern fail?»,
sent 14:20:58 01 August 2011, Monday
by Ronald Fischer:
> Actually, this does not work either. Instead, I have to write
>
> cp $from/^*.(log|png) $dest
>
> The reason is that ^ doesn't apply to the *whole* word, but only up to
> the first '/'.
There is also a ~ that applies to the whole pattern, but in this case you will
have to write `$from/*~$from/*.(log|png)'.
Original message:
> On Wed, 27 Jul 2011 15:32 +0100, "Stephane Chazelas"
>
> <stephane.chazelas@gmail.com> wrote:
> > or better, use globbing alternate operator rather than brace
> > expansion:
> >
> > cp ^$from/*.(log|png) $dest
>
> Actually, this does not work either. Instead, I have to write
>
> cp $from/^*.(log|png) $dest
>
> The reason is that ^ doesn't apply to the *whole* word, but only up to
> the first '/'.
>
> Thanks for helping!
>
> Ronald
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-08-01 13:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-07-27 13:53 Ronald Fischer
2011-07-27 14:11 ` Mikael Magnusson
2011-07-27 14:32 ` Stephane Chazelas
2011-08-01 10:20 ` Ronald Fischer
2011-08-01 11:04 ` Peter Stephenson
2011-08-01 13:24 ` ZyX [this message]
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