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Re: zsh-4.04 and w3m browser



> To: zsh-users@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: zsh-4.04 and w3m browser
> Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 07:23:30 -0400
> From: Arthur Alinovi <aalinovi@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> I have just started using zsh-4.04 and am having some problems with the
> w3m text based web browser.
> 
> If I copy a url, then type:
> 
> w3m <paste url I copied>
> 
> zsh comes back with:
> 
> zsh: no matches found: <url I pasted>
> 
> Is there a way around this, or do I constantly have to switch into ksh
> before using w3m?

    the url contains shell metacharacters which make zsh think it's a
    glob, and it tries to expand it.

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