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Re: alternative method for a simple for


On 15.09.2009, at 12:09, Mikael Magnusson wrote:


2009/9/15 Sebastian Stark <seb-zsh@xxxxxxxxxxx>:


On 15.09.2009, at 10:40, Joke de Buhr wrote:


On Tuesday 15 September 2009 05:54:19 d.henman wrote:

Maybe you want to use the short version of for. It's rather short

for file (*wav) ffmpeg -b 160k -i $file $file:r.mp3

or

for file (*wav) { ffmpeg -b 160k -i $file $file:r.mp3 }

That's short and clear syntax.


It is also incompatible and deprecated syntax :)


I think you're thinking of
for file in *.wav; command here
instead of
for file in *.wav; do command here; more commands; done

AFAIK, for file (list) {commands} isn't deprecated, just zsh-specific.


from zshmisc(1):

ALTERNATE FORMS FOR COMPLEX COMMANDS
Many of zshâs complex commands have alternate forms. These particular versions of complex commands should be conâ sidered deprecated and may be removed in the future. The versions in the previous section should be preferred 
       instead.
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