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From: Nikolai Weibull <now@disu.se>
To: ZyX <kp-pav@yandex.ru>
Cc: Zsh Users <zsh-users@zsh.org>
Subject: Re: Equivalent of set -- *(DN) in sh
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2015 20:46:40 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CADdV=Mt0dqd7Zy5jOH-QC3=W_EeiQk6JHpm_6MWUw83MsoDOqg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4640221421609498@web10g.yandex.ru>

On Sun, Jan 18, 2015 at 8:31 PM, ZyX <kp-pav@yandex.ru> wrote:
> 18.01.2015, 21:36, "Nikolai Weibull" <now@disu.se>:

>> Is there any way to get the equivalent of Zsh’s
>>
>> set -- *(DN)
>>
>> in sh?  Most important here would be NULL_GLOB, as, by default, sh
>> simply leaves the * if there are no files to match.

> If you are OK with bash then you may use `shopt -s nullglob; shopt -s dotglob` and use `set -- *`.

I’m not.  Depending on Bash is like depending on Zsh these days, I’d
say, in terms of availability.

> Note that solution posted by Roman Neuhauser does handle names with spaces and tabs, but not newlines, if you set $IFS to a newline. As-is it has problems with all characters in IFS which are not just space, but also tab and newline.

The solution has to be functionally equivalent.


  reply	other threads:[~2015-01-18 19:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-01-18 18:28 Nikolai Weibull
2015-01-18 19:07 ` Roman Neuhauser
2015-01-18 19:43   ` Nikolai Weibull
2015-01-18 20:32     ` Roman Neuhauser
2015-01-18 19:31 ` ZyX
2015-01-18 19:46   ` Nikolai Weibull [this message]
2015-01-18 20:46 ` Eric Cook
2015-01-19 15:51   ` ZyX
2015-01-19 15:55     ` ZyX
2015-01-19 16:02       ` ZyX
2015-01-19 16:16         ` ZyX
2015-01-19 21:44     ` Eric Cook
     [not found]     ` <54BD7ABB.5070501__36205.2317861982$1421704010$gmane$org@gmx.com>
2015-01-19 23:05       ` Stephane Chazelas
2015-01-22  7:44         ` Nikolai Weibull
     [not found]         ` <CADdV=MsvuSAQMJVsr17Y7g2Nfjy95CQ007opQqv-7=RHjgjaKw__35342.9068615243$1421913204$gmane$org@mail.gmail.com>
2015-01-22 15:21           ` Stephane Chazelas

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