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From: "Bart Schaefer" <schaefer@brasslantern.com>
To: ZShell Users <zsh-users@math.gatech.edu>
Subject: Re: finding symlinks without target
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 1998 09:10:30 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <980123091030.ZM16856@candle.brasslantern.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <199801231642.IAA27762@shell10.ba.best.com>

On Jan 23,  4:42pm, Bruce Stephens wrote:
} Subject: Re: finding symlinks without target
}
} schaefer@brasslantern.com said:
} > (Why isn't there a glob qualifier to chase links?  **/*(@^.,@^/) would
} > appear to be perfect, but doesn't work.) 
} 
} There is, isn't there.  The - seems to be right, almost.

Indeed.  I missed that one when scanning the zsh info (probably because
I was looking for a description that used the word "chase" as in the
CHASE_LINKS option).

} How about 
} **/*(@-^.,@-^/)
} 
} Meaning those symbolic links whose referents aren't files or directories?

I should have realized before that this won't work, because that's an
-inclusive- "or" and what's wanted is an -exclusive- "or".  However,
this appears to do the trick:

	echo **/*(@-^./=%p)

All symlinks that don't point to files, directories, sockets, devices,
or named pipes.  Whew.

-- 
Bart Schaefer                                 Brass Lantern Enterprises
http://www.well.com/user/barts              http://www.brasslantern.com


       reply	other threads:[~1998-01-23 17:23 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <199801231642.IAA27762@shell10.ba.best.com>
1998-01-23 17:10 ` Bart Schaefer [this message]
1998-01-23 17:46   ` Bruce Stephens
1998-01-26  4:41 Paul Lew
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
1998-01-23 15:34 Niall Smart
1998-01-23 14:47 Sven Guckes
1998-01-23 15:12 ` Bernd Eggink
1998-01-23 15:26 ` Bruce Stephens
1998-01-23 16:00 ` Bart Schaefer
1998-01-23 16:42   ` Bruce Stephens
1998-01-23 16:47   ` Peter Williams
1998-01-23 17:51 ` Peter Williams

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