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From: Tyler Spivey <tspivey@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: zsh-users@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: globbing
Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 19:48:15 -0700
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How can I get this to work? I want to read a filespec from the user,
then expand it into an array from a variable. e.g. (nonworking code):
f=\*
a=($f)
This should work, since a=(*) will work.
How can I force filename generation?
Thanks,
Tyler

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