From: Vincent Bernat <bernat@luffy.cx>
To: Roman Perepelitsa <roman.perepelitsa@gmail.com>
Cc: andme <15991987063@163.com>, zsh-users <zsh-users@zsh.org>
Subject: Re: How to use precommand modifiers `-` ?
Date: Thu, 13 May 2021 14:00:43 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3wns24zdg.fsf@luffy.cx> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAN=4vMpXh-9Ja9tGJ_T8pgoX7Ehxm5FjNcqJW2AXZ2kOgHaX6A@mail.gmail.com> (Roman Perepelitsa's message of "Thu, 13 May 2021 13:04:04 +0200")
❦ 13 mai 2021 13:04 +02, Roman Perepelitsa:
>> ```-
>>
>> The command is executed with a ‘-’ prepended to its argv[0] string.
>>
>> ```
>>
>> As a non-native speaker of English, I'm confused about this.
>> Can anyone give me some examples?
>
> Here's an example:
>
> % zsh -fc 'print -r -- $0'
> zsh
>
> % - zsh -fc 'print -r -- $0'
> -zsh
>
> Here $0 gives us argv[0].
To complete your answer, this is used by shells to know if they should
use a login session or not. Some shells, including Zsh, can also take an
option for that (-l), but it's not an universal option, hence the use of
this convention: either the target understands it and it works as
expected or it does not and it is harmless. I don't think there is any
other purpose.
--
Habit is habit, and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed
down-stairs a step at a time.
-- Mark Twain, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar
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2021-05-13 9:48 andme
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