* Brace Expansion
@ 2004-04-23 13:15 zzapper
2004-04-23 13:41 ` Thorsten Kampe
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From: zzapper @ 2004-04-23 13:15 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: zsh-users
Hi,
This must be an old zsh chestnut EXCEPT I couldn't Google a solution
I want to do a
> ls -l *.{cfm,htm,html}
Which I could also do in bash.
In my cygwin-zsh 4.2.0 this works fine UNLESS one of the file
extensions is ABSENT, when instead of list the remaining file types it
gives an error message.
>\ls -t *.{html,cfm,htm}
zsh: no matches found: *.htm
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* Re: Brace Expansion
2004-04-23 13:15 Brace Expansion zzapper
@ 2004-04-23 13:41 ` Thorsten Kampe
2004-04-23 14:00 ` Peter Stephenson
2004-04-23 14:11 ` Peter Stephenson
2 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Thorsten Kampe @ 2004-04-23 13:41 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: zsh-users
* zzapper (2004-04-23 15:15 +0100)
> This must be an old zsh chestnut EXCEPT I couldn't Google a solution
>
> I want to do a
>
>> ls -l *.{cfm,htm,html}
>
> Which I could also do in bash.
>
> In my cygwin-zsh 4.2.0 this works fine UNLESS one of the file
> extensions is ABSENT, when instead of list the remaining file types it
> gives an error message.
>
>>\ls -t *.{html,cfm,htm}
> zsh: no matches found: *.htm
Options nomatch, badpattern and cshnullglob (says my new option list)
Thorsten
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* Re: Brace Expansion
2004-04-23 13:15 Brace Expansion 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
2 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Peter Stephenson @ 2004-04-23 14:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: zsh-users
zzapper wrote:
> > ls -l *.{cfm,htm,html}
>
> >\ls -t *.{html,cfm,htm}
> zsh: no matches found: *.htm
The correct way to do this is
ls -l *.(cfm|htm|html)
Then you'll only get `no matches' if none of the variants matched, which
is presumably what you want.
Brace expansion is not part of globbing; it generates `*.html *.cfm
*.htm' before the patterns are examined.
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* Re: Brace Expansion
2004-04-23 13:15 Brace Expansion zzapper
2004-04-23 13:41 ` Thorsten Kampe
2004-04-23 14:00 ` Peter Stephenson
@ 2004-04-23 14:11 ` Peter Stephenson
2004-04-23 16:14 ` zzapper
2 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Peter Stephenson @ 2004-04-23 14:11 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: zsh-users
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.
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.
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Cambridge, CB4 0WH, UK Tel: +44 (0)1223 692070
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* Re: Brace Expansion
2004-04-23 14:00 ` Peter Stephenson
@ 2004-04-23 14:13 ` zzapper
0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: zzapper @ 2004-04-23 14:13 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: zsh-users
On Fri, 23 Apr 2004 15:00:43 +0100, wrote:
>zzapper wrote:
>> > ls -l *.{cfm,htm,html}
>>
>> >\ls -t *.{html,cfm,htm}
>> zsh: no matches found: *.htm
>
>The correct way to do this is
> ls -l *.(cfm|htm|html)
>Then you'll only get `no matches' if none of the variants matched, which
>is presumably what you want.
>
>Brace expansion is not part of globbing; it generates `*.html *.cfm
>*.htm' before the patterns are examined.
ls *.(Thanks|Merci|Dankeshoen|Gratzi)
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* Re: Brace Expansion
2004-04-23 14:11 ` Peter Stephenson
@ 2004-04-23 16:14 ` zzapper
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From: zzapper @ 2004-04-23 16:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: zsh-users; +Cc: zsh-workers
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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