Re: glob inside nested parameter expansion returns glob string

[Jim <linux.tech.guy@gmail.com>]

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Sorry, thought I had extendedglob set, works fine.

On Thu, Apr 21, 2022 at 3:37 PM Jim <linux.tech.guy@gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks everyone for the responses.
>
> On Thu, Apr 21, 2022 at 2:15 PM Bart Schaefer <schaefer@brasslantern.com>
> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Apr 21, 2022 at 11:51 AM Mikael Magnusson <mikachu@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > On 4/21/22, Jim <linux.tech.guy@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > >
>> > > % A=(${:-.z*(.N)})
>> > > % A=(${A:#*(comp|hist)*})
>> > >
>> > > Is there a way to nest the two?
>> >
>> > There is a certain order that parameter expansions and globs happen
>> > relative to eachother [...] In short, no(t as far as I know).
>>
>> Correct, this can't be done as a nested expansion, except by invoking
>> a subshell to perform the globbing.
>>
>> A=(${${(@f):-$(print -rl .z*(.N))}:#*(comp|hist)*})
>>
>
> Came fairly close on this one while trying different ways.  Didn't use a
> print
> command. :-(
>
> However, with extendedglob this specific example can be done entirely
>> with globbing:
>>
>> A=( .z*~*(comp|hist)*(.N) )
>>
>
> Is there a typo or something missing here? This didn't find any files when
> I
> cut and pasted it in a shell.
>
> ZSH_VERSION  5.8
> ZSH_PATCHLEVEL  debian/5.8-6+deb11u1
>
> Again, thanks,
>
> Jim Murphy
>

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