From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 29502 invoked from network); 2 Jun 2005 07:28:26 -0000 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 2 Jun 2005 07:28:26 -0000 Received: (qmail 71094 invoked from network); 2 Jun 2005 07:28:19 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.247.90) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 2 Jun 2005 07:28:19 -0000 Received: (qmail 8699 invoked by alias); 2 Jun 2005 07:28:12 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-users-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 8937 Received: (qmail 8689 invoked from network); 2 Jun 2005 07:28:11 -0000 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by sunsite.dk with SMTP; 2 Jun 2005 07:28:11 -0000 Received: (qmail 70038 invoked from network); 2 Jun 2005 07:28:11 -0000 Received: from ykdmp01.yokohama.riken.go.jp (134.160.82.30) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 2 Jun 2005 07:28:07 -0000 Received: (qmail 15466 invoked by uid 0); 2 Jun 2005 16:28:03 +0900 Received: from unknown (HELO jota.gsc.riken.go.jp) (127.0.0.1) by 0 with SMTP; 2 Jun 2005 16:28:03 +0900 Received: from ([jota.gsc.riken.go.jp (134.160.84.23)]) by ykdmp01 (InterScan E-Mail VirusWall Unix); Thu, 02 Jun 2005 16:28:03 +0900 (JST) Received: from [10.64.67.139] (ipm04.gsc.riken.go.jp [134.160.83.74]) by jota.gsc.riken.go.jp (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2373D34854DF for ; Thu, 2 Jun 2005 16:28:03 +0900 (JST) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v730) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <5D68F5D7-430A-44F5-A1A3-CB4690AB13CD@jota.gsc.riken.go.jp> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed To: zsh-users@sunsite.dk From: Wataru Kagawa Subject: selecting a subset of an array Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2005 16:28:03 +0900 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.730) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.2 on a.mx.sunsite.dk X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=6.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.0.2 X-Spam-Hits: -2.6 Sorry for another basic question, but how do I exclude a particular element from an array by using its name in a parameter expansion? For example, I would like to select everything except for 'foo1:output file' from the following array, using only 'foo1' in the expansion. _list=( 'foo1:output file' 'foo2:input file' 'foo3:output figs' 'foo4:input figs' ) Help is much appreciated. Wataru Kagawa