Re: alias limg='ls *.{jpg,gif}(.N)'

[fletch@phydeaux.org]

> On 2006-02-28 13:17:47 -0500, Chris Johnson wrote:
>> zzapper sent me the following 0.2K:
>> > I was proud of my little alias
>> >
>> > alias limg='ls *.{jpg,gif}(.N)'
>> >
>> > But it has a teeny-weeny fault; if no image is found it lists
>> everything
>> There was some discussion on this in 2004, in which print was suggested
as a replacement to ls.  Try:
>>    http://www.zsh.org/mla/users/2004/msg00621.html
>
> But ls would be better if you want the possibility to add options:
>
> limg() { ls "$@" *.{jpg,gif}(.N) }

limg () {
  local -a images
  images=( *.{jpg,gif,png}(.N) )
  if [[ $#images -eq 0 ]] ; then
    print "No image files found"
  else
    ls "$@" "$images[@]"
  fi
}

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