From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 23637 invoked from network); 15 Jul 2006 11:01:35 -0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on f.primenet.com.au X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, FORGED_RCVD_HELO autolearn=ham version=3.1.3 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 15 Jul 2006 11:01:35 -0000 Received-SPF: none (ns1.primenet.com.au: domain at sunsite.dk does not designate permitted sender hosts) Received: (qmail 69647 invoked from network); 15 Jul 2006 11:01:26 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.247.90) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 15 Jul 2006 11:01:26 -0000 Received: (qmail 18550 invoked by alias); 15 Jul 2006 11:01:16 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-users-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 10515 Received: (qmail 18540 invoked from network); 15 Jul 2006 11:01:15 -0000 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by sunsite.dk with SMTP; 15 Jul 2006 11:01:15 -0000 Received: (qmail 68462 invoked from network); 15 Jul 2006 11:01:15 -0000 Received: from main.gmane.org (HELO ciao.gmane.org) (80.91.229.2) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 15 Jul 2006 11:01:14 -0000 Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1G1htT-0008Ry-7j for zsh-users@sunsite.dk; Sat, 15 Jul 2006 13:01:07 +0200 Received: from 241.119-84-212.staticip.namesco.net ([212.84.119.241]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 15 Jul 2006 13:01:07 +0200 Received: from david by 241.119-84-212.staticip.namesco.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 15 Jul 2006 13:01:07 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: zsh-users@sunsite.dk From: zzapper Subject: Using Global aliases to make a "macro" shell Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2006 11:00:57 +0000 (UTC) Organization: SuccessTheory Message-ID: X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 241.119-84-212.staticip.namesco.net User-Agent: Xnews/5.04.25 Sender: news Using Global aliases to make a "macro" shell It took me a while to suss these example: > cp NF ND Where NF means Newest File in directory and ND is newsest directory NF and ND are actually Global Aliases alias -g ND='$(ls -d *(/om[1]))' # newset directory alias -g NF='$(ls *(.om[1]))' # newest file Using these "primitives" ie NF,ND and others has saved me writing lots of repetive shell scripts. -- http://successtheory.com/tips/ Vim, Zsh, MySQL Tips