From: zzapper <david@tvis.co.uk>
To: zsh-users@sunsite.dk
Cc: zsh-workers@sunsite.dk
Subject: Re: Brace Expansion
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 17:14:30 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <55gi8098cn0cncghrfku66r96ojpb88tsc@4ax.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20077.1082729490@csr.com>
On Fri, 23 Apr 2004 15:11:30 +0100, wrote:
>zzapper wrote:
>> This must be an old zsh chestnut EXCEPT I couldn't Google a solution
>
>By the way, you might want to try the manual as well as Google.
Did try the manual, but as I was barking up the wrong tree, so it
didn't help!!
>
>BRACE EXPANSION
>
>...
>
> Note that brace expansion is not part of filename generation
> (globbing); an expression such as */{foo,bar} is split into
> two separate words */foo and */bar before filename genera-
> tion takes place. In particular, note that this is liable
> to produce a `no match' error if either of the two expres-
> sions does not match; this is to be contrasted with
> */(foo|bar), which is treated as a single pattern but other-
> wise has similar effects.
zzapper (vim, cygwin, wiki & zsh)
--
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-04-23 16:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-04-23 13:15 zzapper
2004-04-23 13:41 ` Thorsten Kampe
2004-04-23 14:00 ` Peter Stephenson
2004-04-23 14:13 ` zzapper
2004-04-23 14:11 ` Peter Stephenson
2004-04-23 16:14 ` zzapper [this message]
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