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From: "Jérémie Roquet" <arkanosis@gmail.com>
To: zsh-users@zsh.org
Cc: Richard Hartmann <richih.mailinglist@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Safety check before expanding globs?
Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2011 12:40:15 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAFOazAPePciLp3Q5ZZk7aGDjvDc9Wi1FLwfp02spXunpBHXvTQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAD77+gShpyE1SPbvc5b3x57Q8xnQnJZH-0YsnCN8kQAr1z+2vA@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Richard,

2011/7/30 Richard Hartmann <richih.mailinglist@gmail.com>:
> I regularly use
>
>  quux /foo/bar/*<tab>
>
> to expand all files, do some modifications and then hit enter. Is
> there any way to have zsh ask for confirmation (or require two tabs)
> before expanding said list?

Just wondering… why would you hit “tab” if it's not for expansion?

> Alternatively, is there a way to undo the expansion?

Yes, the “undo” function can do that. It's bound to ctrl+_ by default,
with emacs-like key bindings.

Best regards,

-- 
Jérémie


  reply	other threads:[~2011-07-30 10:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-07-29 22:41 Richard Hartmann
2011-07-30 10:40 ` Jérémie Roquet [this message]
2011-07-30 12:28 ` Mikael Magnusson
2011-07-30 12:42   ` Frank Terbeck

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