it seems I do, missed that. thanks! Pier Paolo Grassi Il giorno mar 2 mar 2021 alle ore 12:58 Mikael Magnusson ha scritto: > On 3/2/21, Pier Paolo Grassi wrote: > > Hello, given this test code: > > > > test(){ > > setopt -L extended_glob > > local glob=${(q)1}'.[0-9]##' > > touch $1.1 $1.2 > > echo -E - $~glob > > } > > > >> test tmp > > tmp.1 tmp.2 > > > >> test {tmp} > > test:4: no matches found: \{tmp\}.[0-9]## > > > > test '' > > .1 .2 > > > > It seems the quoting of the {} makes the expansion fail (on zsh 5.1.1) > > is there any way I can quote the file name according to the glob > expansion > > rules? > > thanks > > I think you want (b), not (q). > > -- > Mikael Magnusson >