(P:string:) glob qualifier-like effect for parameter expansion

(P:string:) glob qualifier-like effect for parameter expansion

[Roman Neuhauser]

hello,

i was looking for a simple way to achieve *(P:--header:),
except my use case is parameter expansion, not globbing.

i've got something like::

  fmt="\
  From: %an <%ae>
  Date: %aD
  Subject: %s
  "
  set -A headers "${(@f):-"$(git show -s --format=$fmt $rev)"}"

and i'd like to add::

  mime-construct "${(@???)headers}" ...

to get::

  --header "From: ..." --header "Date: ..." --header "Subject: ..."

except it looks i'm "doomed" to a loop::

  declare -a headers
  for h; do
    headers+=(--header $h)
  done < <(git show -s --format=$fmt $rev)
  mime-construct "${(@)headers}" ...

-- 
roman

Re: (P:string:) glob qualifier-like effect for parameter expansion

[Bart Schaefer]

On Sep 14, 10:42pm, Roman Neuhauser wrote:
}
}   set -A headers "${(@f):-"$(git show -s --format=$fmt $rev)"}"
} 
} and i'd like to add::
} 
}   mime-construct "${(@???)headers}" ...
} 
} to get::
} 
}   --header "From: ..." --header "Date: ..." --header "Subject: ..."

You can do this in zsh 5.0.6:

torch% x=(--header)  
torch% y=(From Date Subject)
torch% print -R ${x:^^y}
--header From --header Date --header Subject