From: Dominik Vogt <dominik.vogt@gmx.de>
To: zsh-users@zsh.org
Subject: Re: Most Recent File
Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2021 17:43:38 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20211023164338.GA6763@gmx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CACeGjnVyWXUyrG1nW-Ru3PdxO+q+Uiojs+vixXRrvLH7Erirhw@mail.gmail.com>
On Sat, Oct 23, 2021 at 12:15:35PM -0400, Vin Shelton wrote:
> I want to list the most recent file in the current directory.
> print -l -- *(-om[1,1])
> works for ordinary filenames, but does not quote the output appropriately
> if the filename contains spaces. How do I quote the expression to
> accommodate filenames which contain spaces?
# (doesn't handle newlines properly)
$ ls -Q -- *(-om[1,1])
# Ugly quoting with backslashes
$ printf %q *(-om[1,1])
# Put in variable, quote variable as needed
$ F="$(echo *(-om[1,1]))"
$ print -- ${(q)F}
Ciao
Dominik ^_^ ^_^
--
Dominik Vogt
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-10-23 16:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-10-23 16:15 Vin Shelton
2021-10-23 16:43 ` Dominik Vogt [this message]
2021-10-23 16:58 ` Peter Stephenson
2021-10-23 17:24 ` Dominik Vogt
2021-10-23 17:32 ` Peter Stephenson
2021-10-23 18:39 ` Bart Schaefer
2021-10-23 19:07 ` Vin Shelton
2021-10-23 19:26 ` Bart Schaefer
2021-10-23 20:43 ` Vin Shelton
2021-10-23 20:56 ` Pier Paolo Grassi
2021-10-23 22:42 ` Bart Schaefer
2021-10-24 0:24 ` Pier Paolo Grassi
2021-10-24 0:32 ` Paul
2021-10-24 1:45 ` Dominik Vogt
2021-10-24 7:22 ` Roman Perepelitsa
2021-10-25 19:45 ` Disabling null elision (was: Re: Most Recent File) Daniel Shahaf
2021-10-25 20:02 ` Roman Perepelitsa
2021-10-25 20:41 ` Daniel Shahaf
2021-10-25 21:00 ` Ray Andrews
2021-10-25 21:09 ` Bart Schaefer
2021-10-25 21:05 ` Bart Schaefer
2021-10-25 21:20 ` Roman Perepelitsa
2021-10-25 20:05 ` Bart Schaefer
2021-10-24 1:37 ` Most Recent File Dominik Vogt
2021-10-23 16:47 ` david rayner
2021-10-23 16:54 ` Vin Shelton
2021-10-23 16:51 ` david rayner
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