From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: zsh-workers-request@euclid.skiles.gatech.edu Received: from euclid.skiles.gatech.edu (list@euclid.skiles.gatech.edu [130.207.146.50]) by coral.primenet.com.au (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id VAA17992 for ; Thu, 28 Nov 1996 21:08:26 +1100 (EST) Received: (from list@localhost) by euclid.skiles.gatech.edu (8.7.3/8.7.3) id EAA26261; Thu, 28 Nov 1996 04:45:18 -0500 (EST) Resent-Date: Thu, 28 Nov 1996 04:45:18 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <199611280945.KAA13874@hydra.ifh.de> X-Authentication-Warning: hydra.ifh.de: Host pws@localhost didn't use HELO protocol To: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu (Zsh hackers list) Subject: Re: Is ${} supported? In-reply-to: "Zoltan Hidvegi"'s message of "Thu, 28 Nov 1996 00:20:10 MET." <199611272320.AAA00604@hzoli.ppp.cs.elte.hu> Date: Thu, 28 Nov 1996 10:45:50 +0100 From: Peter Stephenson Resent-Message-ID: <"xWrRW1.0.GQ6.jyLdo"@euclid> Resent-From: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/2493 X-Loop: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu Precedence: list Resent-Sender: zsh-workers-request@math.gatech.edu Zoltan Hidvegi wrote: > > The "null" parameter seems useful to allow the following sort of thing: > > > > % echo ${(j/+/):-{one,two,three}} > > one+two+three > > It can be relied on. Just as a matter of interest, why does the following not work the same way? % print ${(j/,/):-/proc/*(U:t)} 23020 23048 23051 23052 23062 26604 -- Peter Stephenson Tel: +49 33762 77366 WWW: http://www.ifh.de/~pws/ Fax: +49 33762 77413 Deutches Electronen-Synchrotron --- Institut fuer Hochenergiephysik Zeuthen DESY-IfH, 15735 Zeuthen, Germany.