From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 12868 invoked by alias); 11 Oct 2012 12:07:52 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-users-help@zsh.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes List-Id: Zsh Users List List-Post: List-Help: X-Seq: 17320 Received: (qmail 22997 invoked from network); 11 Oct 2012 12:07:39 -0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on f.primenet.com.au X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,SPF_HELO_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 Received-SPF: pass (ns1.primenet.com.au: SPF record at sergio.spb.ru designates 195.70.199.109 as permitted sender) Message-ID: <5076B49A.90101@sergio.spb.ru> Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2012 15:59:22 +0400 From: sergio User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:11.0) Gecko/20120418 Icedove/11.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: zsh-users@zsh.org Subject: dumb question about parameter expansion Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello. Looks like it's dumb question, but I can't understand this. % zsh -f % l='ls' % o='-l -h' % $l $o ls: invalid option -- ' ' Try `ls --help' for more information. % ls -l -h total 512 drwxr-x--- 2 sergio sergio ... -- sergio.