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Re: turning off globbing

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From: Steve Talley <stephen.talley@xxxxxxx>
To: Eric Smith <es@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: turning off globbing
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 10:01:26 -0400
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Try the "noglob" precommand modifier to turn off globbing for the
duration of the command.

% noglob expr 5 * 4
20

Steve

Eric Smith wrote:

> How do I trun off globbing (and then turn it on again) with the
> `*' so I can use fir example calc(1) without escaping the *
> chars?
>
> thanks

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References:
- zsh "Cheat sheet"
  - From: Thorsten Kampe
- turning off globbing
  - From: Eric Smith

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