From: Eric Cook <llua@gmx.com>
To: zsh-users@zsh.org
Subject: Re: ${var:1:1:=y}
Date: Tue, 03 Feb 2015 22:44:50 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <54D195B2.4070205@gmx.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <150203192508.ZM2159@torch.brasslantern.com>
On 02/03/2015 10:25 PM, Bart Schaefer wrote:
> All builtin commands other than precommand modifiers, even those that
> have no options, can be given the argument `--' to terminate option
> processing. This indicates that the following words are non-option
> arguments, but is otherwise ignored. This is useful in cases where
> arguments to the command may begin with `-'. For historical reasons,
> most builtin commands also recognize a single `-' in a separate word
> for this purpose; note that this is less standard and use of `--' is
> recommended.
printf , test/[, set -A and maybe a few others are exceptions to those
rules.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-02-04 3:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-02-03 23:12 ${var:1:1:=y} Ray Andrews
2015-02-04 0:18 ` ${var:1:1:=y} Lawrence Velázquez
2015-02-04 0:39 ` ${var:1:1:=y} Ray Andrews
2015-02-04 1:30 ` ${var:1:1:=y} Lawrence Velázquez
2015-02-04 3:25 ` ${var:1:1:=y} Bart Schaefer
2015-02-04 3:44 ` Eric Cook [this message]
2015-02-04 17:10 ` The "-" and "--" options (was Re: ${var:1:1:=y}) Bart Schaefer
2015-02-04 17:42 ` Ray Andrews
2015-02-04 23:47 ` Lawrence Velázquez
2015-02-05 1:31 ` Ray Andrews
2015-02-05 1:52 ` Kurtis Rader
2015-02-05 2:03 ` Ray Andrews
2015-02-05 2:24 ` Bart Schaefer
2015-02-04 19:02 ` Peter Stephenson
2015-02-04 19:53 ` ZyX
2015-02-04 5:16 ` ${var:1:1:=y} Ray Andrews
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