From: Stephane Chazelas <stephane@chazelas.org>
To: Bart Schaefer <schaefer@brasslantern.com>
Cc: linuxtechguy@gmail.com, devs <zsh-workers@zsh.org>
Subject: Re: history expansion - modifiers :h and :t - questions
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2023 07:33:38 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20231026063338.2bmgpvhzs3tfto2t@chazelas.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAH+w=7abgtoie5hkC5Be1yqxhAsR+qA3eMPFxEjaVNHq9=tnaA@mail.gmail.com>
2023-10-24 14:56:39 -0700, Bart Schaefer:
> On Tue, Oct 24, 2023 at 12:23 PM Jim <linux.tech.guy@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > print ${DirPath:h$N}
> > ^ does not work
> > Error message: "zsh: unrecognized modifier"
>
> Yes ... "$" is not a digit. Parameters are not expanded here.
>
> You can get around this with ${(e):-\${DirPath:h$N}}
[...]
For existing $DirPath's, see also:
print -r -- $DirPath(N:h$N)
as parameters are expanded in glob qualifiers.
--
Stephane
prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-10-26 6:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-10-24 19:23 Jim
2023-10-24 21:56 ` Bart Schaefer
2023-10-24 23:24 ` Jim
2023-10-31 19:21 ` Jim
2023-10-26 6:33 ` Stephane Chazelas [this message]
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