From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 13262 invoked from network); 6 Dec 2006 12:12:32 -0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.7 (2006-10-05) on f.primenet.com.au X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.2 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, FORGED_RCVD_HELO autolearn=ham version=3.1.7 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 6 Dec 2006 12:12:32 -0000 Received-SPF: none (ns1.primenet.com.au: domain at sunsite.dk does not designate permitted sender hosts) Received: (qmail 29541 invoked from network); 6 Dec 2006 12:12:16 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.247.90) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 6 Dec 2006 12:12:16 -0000 Received: (qmail 17184 invoked by alias); 6 Dec 2006 12:12:07 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-users-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 11059 Received: (qmail 17168 invoked from network); 6 Dec 2006 12:12:07 -0000 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by sunsite.dk with SMTP; 6 Dec 2006 12:12:07 -0000 Received: (qmail 28197 invoked from network); 6 Dec 2006 12:12:06 -0000 Received: from main.gmane.org (HELO ciao.gmane.org) (80.91.229.2) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 6 Dec 2006 12:12:03 -0000 Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1Grvcv-0003SD-Tx for zsh-users@sunsite.dk; Wed, 06 Dec 2006 13:11:53 +0100 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 ; Wed, 06 Dec 2006 13:11:53 +0100 Received: from david by 241.119-84-212.staticip.namesco.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 06 Dec 2006 13:11:53 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: zsh-users@sunsite.dk From: zzapper Subject: Script breaking on cd *param Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2006 12:11:41 +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/2006.08.24 Sender: news Hi The following should try to cd to a subdirectory in the 4 following ways. cd param cd param* cd *param cd *param* However if it fails on the second the script breaks with "no matches found: *param " sometimes putting quotes round ${1}* seems to help alias if_param=' if [ $# -gt 0 ] then if builtin cd $1 &> /dev/null ; then shift elif builtin cd ${1}* &> /dev/null; then shift elif builtin cd *$1 &> /dev/null; then shift elif builtin cd *${1}* &> /dev/null; then shift else echo $1 not found shift fi fi ' -- http://successtheory.com/tips/ Vim, Zsh, MySQL Tips