cd with wildcard fails instead cd's to home

cd with wildcard fails instead cd's to home

[zzapper]

Hi

# my environment

# trying to cd to a directory that doesn't exist with a wildcard I just 
want it fail

~/Videos/kdenlivedemo > cd gggg
cd: no such file or directory: gggg

~/Videos/kdenlivedemo >

~/Videos/kdenlivedemo > cd gggg*
~ >      # <<<< BAD I've cd'd to home -- no warning message

  ~ > which cd
cd: shell built-in command

zsh -f  # clean enviroment

~/Videos/kdenlivedemo > cd gggg
cd: no such file or directory: gggg
~/Videos/kdenlivedemo > cd *gggg
zsh: no matches found: *gggg
~/Videos/kdenlivedemo >    ## <<< GOOD I stay where I am

Please tell me it's something dumb!

zzapper

Re: cd with wildcard fails instead cd's to home

[Peter Stephenson]

> On 27 April 2021 at 13:46 zzapper <zsh@rayninfo.co.uk> wrote:
> ~/Videos/kdenlivedemo > cd gggg*
> ~ >      # <<<< BAD I've cd'd to home -- no warning message

You've got the NULL_GLOB option set, which simply removes any argument
with pattern characters in that doesn't match.

It's not a common thing to have set, you'd better try to work out
why you have it.

If there is a reason, think about CSH_NULL_GLOB instead --- that
will throw in error if *all* patterns fail, as in this case.

Go to

http://zsh.sourceforge.net/Guide/zshguide02.html#l13

and search down for CSH_NULL_GLOB for more on the related options.

pws

Re: cd with wildcard fails instead cd's to home

[zzapper]

On 27/04/2021 15:01, Peter Stephenson wrote:

> On 27 April 2021 at 13:46 zzapper <zsh@rayninfo.co.uk> wrote:
>> ~/Videos/kdenlivedemo > cd gggg*
>> ~ >      # <<<< BAD I've cd'd to home -- no warning message
> You've got the NULL_GLOB option set, which simply removes any argument
> with pattern characters in that doesn't match.

PWS,

>>> thanks that was it. <<<<

#setopt nullglob  # stops  a glob barfing if no matches <<< NOT EVEN 
SURE THAT EVEN HELPED JUST A  BIT OF FORGOTTEN CLUDGE in my .zshrc

It was stopping a longish script from working but it took me ages to 
isolate the problem.

I eventually whittled the script down to the one line that was the 
culprit but a ton of red herrings on the journey !!

echo "Now can you give me back 6 hours of my life back LOL"

zzapper