From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 24422 invoked by alias); 25 Dec 2016 20:45:58 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-users-help@zsh.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes List-Id: Zsh Users List List-Post: List-Help: X-Seq: 22275 Received: (qmail 10307 invoked from network); 25 Dec 2016 20:45:58 -0000 X-Qmail-Scanner-Diagnostics: from mail-ua0-f173.google.com by f.primenet.com.au (envelope-from , uid 7791) with qmail-scanner-2.11 (clamdscan: 0.99.2/21882. spamassassin: 3.4.1. Clear:RC:0(209.85.217.173):SA:0(-0.0/5.0):. Processed in 2.324713 secs); 25 Dec 2016 20:45:58 -0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.1 (2015-04-28) on f.primenet.com.au X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.0 required=5.0 tests=FREEMAIL_FROM,HTML_MESSAGE, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3,RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL,SPF_PASS, T_DKIM_INVALID autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.1 X-Envelope-From: gmaghera@gmail.com X-Qmail-Scanner-Mime-Attachments: | X-Qmail-Scanner-Zip-Files: | Received-SPF: pass (ns1.primenet.com.au: SPF record at _netblocks.google.com designates 209.85.217.173 as permitted sender) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=KT/nGb3iQfPBj2YZdXtQVxCmY+cmAHQn2qpkrnF/QLY=; b=lyacHmTsykFkYOBdangZvR/glcjlKjFaOvWQ12fCFmOcHz719lRPR9PRCGG6mEwDTL +hZUQp3OgrK6jhz3EvIEbA/K8nevLg1O+LDdk5IwzSZMUnOoos69xIoflY4r2WcGG3C+ kmfuS9AcdEsEYTkGmYSRmnrttIaiQjFkfuDmJlG3VLyhMIHjLJIfUYWJslHTlDWIgRP2 /f46l5he89svs+QsJ0k146leiLIUafxPm2tXzezz8NjDMoe919wWLNPkRCITdtn9yhZL C7lIjOr4t1aEF1ruXorRoJUeNbjTvd9WvP8seVVwHwVB6r7zEcICQyvXRUr3exX3d8QD m0tg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to; bh=KT/nGb3iQfPBj2YZdXtQVxCmY+cmAHQn2qpkrnF/QLY=; b=jbPzHVxJzmc/qBWuGROaouUyK0QVtoJTD9Kl422ATaU+QpjWjQDovxks8jhIQdYn4j egs1jBTAkZKeYd6EEzUSDAA3mGcylhR3kia+e3aMLVZEEUNG5fcm3Pk/H8k/sO8LbH3l 9vK3EpjYYbi6sbjQC6PtAXqBNLaRGy7quEnmkEYDmFz+i/hZ7s4ANxEP/H1sxDVw8EF1 ny/nLeK1RPUOVZMRovBQAkFzPQUo46f9XvOjf1Ox6XLwcSCTMy7CCrEohb5mkDv/i8Ak d4zq+Exml4Oovf6zOjg3lpANMEWCgpSzHPbY09FD/Wdg30E+rmPepazGZAoo8I24oF+3 m+0w== X-Gm-Message-State: AIkVDXLWM5a5QyuShJTbrxBJQQr95hZ2XfpFol54zeDUj35c2SGm2mQOq20h6FyGwPivBfHdhG6h71Txvtg5zQ== X-Received: by 10.176.0.169 with SMTP id 38mr19900826uaj.34.1482698749879; Sun, 25 Dec 2016 12:45:49 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: From: Gabor Maghera Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2016 20:45:39 +0000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: newbie rm --^file question To: "Hoji, Akihiko" , "zsh-users@zsh.org" Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a11c169da4baa8f054481b47f --001a11c169da4baa8f054481b47f Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Not sure if it's some nuance with different versions of zsh we're running, but I needed to "setopt exended_glob" (with the underscore). But I think the main issue here is the globbing syntax. Have a look at a working example here: https://asciinema.org/a/97273 Merry Christmas, Gabor On Sun, Dec 25, 2016 at 11:22 AM Hoji, Akihiko wrote: > Hi, > > > I am trying to delete all the files except a few files having the same > file extension. I did the following; > > setopt extended glob > rm -rf =E2=80=94^file.ext.* > > This gives an error message, =E2=80=9Czsh, no matches found:=E2=80=9D > > I would appreciate a poster as to what I am doing wrong. > > Thanks in advance. > > AH --001a11c169da4baa8f054481b47f--