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Date: Thu, 02 Jun 2005 17:42:30 +0900
From: djh <henman@it.to-be.co.jp>
Subject: Re: selecting a subset of an array
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Sorry, in my explanation I used a hypen in the parmater name inthe 
example and later realized that  you can not use a hyphen in a parmater 
name like I did.

So for your example:   ${_list:#foo1*}

> Kagawa-san,
>    try using ${array-namae:#pattern}    Here's the explanation I found 
> in the manual.
>
>>
>> _list=( 'foo1:output file' 'foo2:input file' 'foo3:output figs'  
>> 'foo4:input figs' )
>