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Re: expandig var values at the command line

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From: dado <dado@xxxxxxx>
To: David Aspinwall <aspinwall@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, zsh users list <zsh-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: expandig var values at the command line
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 16:25:43 -0700
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David Aspinwall wrote:

> > ls /path/path/$dirs/path
>
> try
> ls /path/path/$^dirs/path

dado@saci:shrksq1150s49:~a_shot_dir 178 -> ll
../s$^shots/adbs/startup.adb
UX:ls: ERROR: Cannot access
../s{2,4,23,25,27,29,31,33,35,36,38,40,43,48,49,50}/adbs/startup.adb: No
such file or directory
dado@saci:shrksq1150s49:~a_shot_dir 179 -> ll
../s{2,4,23,25,27,29,31,33,35,36,38,40,43,48,49,50}/adbs/startup.adb
-r--r--r--    1 root     sys         2176 Aug 20 14:41
../s2/adbs/startup.adb
-r--r--r--    1 root     sys          688 Jul 12 12:31
../s23/adbs/startup.adb
-r--r--r--    1 root     sys          688 Aug 12 16:30
../s25/adbs/startup.adb
-r--r--r--    1 root     sys          688 Jul 12 12:32
../s27/adbs/startup.adb
-r--r--r--    1 root     sys          688 Jul 12 12:32
../s29/adbs/startup.adb
-r--r--r--    1 root     sys          688 Jul 12 12:32
../s31/adbs/startup.adb
-r--r--r--    1 root     sys          688 Jul 12 12:32
../s33/adbs/startup.adb
-rw-r--r--    1 dado     sys         2605 Aug 18 10:30
../s35/adbs/startup.adb
-rw-r--r--    1 dado     users        686 Aug 16 20:17
../s36/adbs/startup.adb
-rw-r--r--    1 dado     users        686 Aug 12 21:51
../s38/adbs/startup.adb
-r--r--r--    1 root     sys          688 Jul 12 12:31
../s4/adbs/startup.adb
-r--r--r--    1 root     sys         2623 Aug 16 16:23
../s40/adbs/startup.adb
-rw-r--r--    1 dado     users       1602 Aug 18 16:22
../s43/adbs/startup.adb
-r--r--r--    1 root     sys          910 Jul 28 11:41
../s48/adbs/startup.adb
-r--r--r--    1 root     sys         2804 Aug 20 14:43
../s49/adbs/startup.adb
-r--r--r--    1 root     sys         2255 Aug 20 14:43
../s50/adbs/startup.adb


As you can see, the expanded variable works fine.
But its value is still not being expanded.

What is the caret for? I don't know this notation.

Thanks.

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