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Re: backing up with zsh

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From: Andrew Main <zefram@xxxxxxxxx>
To: guckes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Sven Guckes)
Subject: Re: backing up with zsh
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1998 09:47:14 +0100 (BST)
Cc: mdb@xxxxxxxxxxxx, zsh-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
In-reply-to: <19980417224224.O9638@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> from "Sven Guckes" at Apr 17, 98 10:42:24 pm

Sven Guckes wrote:
>Can I use '|' for "or"?  Example:
>
>   $ echo **/*~*.[Gg][Ii][Ff]|[bB][mM][pP]|[jJ][pP][gG]

echo **/*~*.([Gg][Ii][Ff]|[bB][mM][pP]|[jJ][pP](|[Ee])[gG])

>I'd rather be using something like this:
>
>   $ echo **/*~(*.[bmp|gif|jpeg|jpg]/i)
>
>.. where "/i" means "case insensitive".
>Is there a way with zsh globbing?

No.  zsh has glob patterns, not regular expressions.

-zefram

References:
- Re: backing up with zsh
  - From: Sven Guckes

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