From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 1495 invoked from network); 13 Jun 1998 23:37:43 -0000 Received: from math.gatech.edu (list@130.207.146.50) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 13 Jun 1998 23:37:43 -0000 Received: (from list@localhost) by math.gatech.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) id TAA22532; Sat, 13 Jun 1998 19:30:19 -0400 (EDT) Resent-Date: Sat, 13 Jun 1998 19:28:31 -0400 (EDT) From: "Bart Schaefer" Message-Id: <980613162916.ZM28267@candle.brasslantern.com> Date: Sat, 13 Jun 1998 16:29:16 -0700 In-Reply-To: <19980613210613.U3086@math.fu-berlin.de> Comments: In reply to Sven Guckes "[3.0.5] pattern ^*.tif gives non-existing file" (Jun 13, 9:06pm) References: <19980613210613.U3086@math.fu-berlin.de> X-Mailer: Z-Mail (5.0.0 30July97) To: Sven Guckes , zsh-users@math.gatech.edu Subject: Re: [3.0.5] pattern ^*.tif gives non-existing file MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Resent-Message-ID: <"-PurV3.0.DV5.NimWr"@math> Resent-From: zsh-users@math.gatech.edu X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/1610 X-Loop: zsh-users@math.gatech.edu X-Loop: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu Precedence: list Resent-Sender: zsh-workers-request@math.gatech.edu On Jun 13, 9:06pm, Sven Guckes wrote: } Subject: [3.0.5] pattern ^*.tif gives non-existing file } } I wanted to quickly see all non-TIFF files in the TIFF dir. } So I thought the file pattern must be "^*.tif". But see: } } $ cd pics/tiff } $ ls ^*.tif } doku04.tif doku04b.tif } } Now, both these files certainly do end in ".tif". Huh? } But now the scary part: doku04.tif does not exist! Try "echo ^*.tif". I suspect you'll find that what gets echo'd is the name of a directory, and that in that directory are the two files above. -- Bart Schaefer Brass Lantern Enterprises http://www.well.com/user/barts http://www.brasslantern.com