Re: glob expansion

[Michael Wild <themiwi@xxxxxxxxx>]

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On 28Apr, 2008, at 10:26, Lloyd Zusman wrote:

> Lloyd Zusman <ljz@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> > Michael Wild <themiwi@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> >
> > > [ ... ]
> > >
> > > find /usr/lib -type f -name *.so
> > >
> > > [ ... ]
> > >
> > > So my question: Is there any way to change the expansion behavior of
> > > ZSH? The man-pages and the FAQ didn't help me, nor did google. But
> > > then, I'm quite sure I didn't use the appropriate search terms...
> >
> > Try this:
> >
> >  alias find='noglob /usr/bin/find'
> >
> > Then, issue the command above.  This works for specific commands.   
> > Also,
> > look at 'setopt nonomatch' if you want this behavior all the time.
>
> Of course, the 'nonomatch' option doesn't work quite the same way as  
> the
> 'noglob' prefix.  It only suppresses the error and returns the  
> wildcard
> if the glob doesn't match -- it expands it if it does.  The 'noglob'
> prefix ensures that no glob expansion will be performed in any case.
>
> I shouldn't post here before my morning coffee.

;-) I sure got the difference, and nonoglob exactly does what I want.  
Expansion if possible, otherwise pass it on without erroring out.


Michael
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