[Forwarding the entire message because Zyx replied to zsh-workers but the original message was to zsh-users, so some on the latter list may not have seen Zyx's comments.] To Manfred: If you don't want to learn glob qualifiers, "setopt no_bare_glob_qual". --- Forwarded mail from zyx@xxxxx From: ZyX <zyx@xxxxx> Reply-To: zyx@xxxxx To: zsh-workers@xxxxxxx Subject: Re: unknown file attribute Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2011 23:32:59 +0400 Reply to message «unknown file attribute», sent 22:33:19 02 April 2011, Saturday by Manfred Lotz: These are glob qualifiers: qualifiers `B' and `C' do not exist (that is why you see this error), but qualifier `A' means `group-readable files' and `D' means `set GLOB_DOTS option for the current pattern'. As there is no pattern then no files match it and zsh will behave according to its options: 1. If nullglob is set unmatched pattern is removed from argumnents list and `echo (A)' yields just a single newline. 2. If cshnullglob and nomatch are unset unmatched pattern is left as-is and `echo (A)' yields `(A)\n' 3. If either cshnullglob or nomatch are set then unmatched pattern prevents command from executing and `echo (A)' will yield an error (either `zsh: no matches found: (A)' if cshnullglob is unset or `zsh: nomatch' if it is set). I suggest you to learn this glob quilifiers as they are really useful in some situations. Original message: > Hi there, > I accidentally found that: > > $ echo (B) > > yields: > > zsh: unknown file attribute > > > Same for echo (C). However, echo (A) and echo (D) work. Any idea why > that happens? > > I know I could type: "(B)". But I want to save typing the "s. ---End of forwarded mail from zyx@xxxxx
Reply to message «unknown file attribute», sent 22:33:19 02 April 2011, Saturday by Manfred Lotz: These are glob qualifiers: qualifiers `B' and `C' do not exist (that is why you see this error), but qualifier `A' means `group-readable files' and `D' means `set GLOB_DOTS option for the current pattern'. As there is no pattern then no files match it and zsh will behave according to its options: 1. If nullglob is set unmatched pattern is removed from argumnents list and `echo (A)' yields just a single newline. 2. If cshnullglob and nomatch are unset unmatched pattern is left as-is and `echo (A)' yields `(A)\n' 3. If either cshnullglob or nomatch are set then unmatched pattern prevents command from executing and `echo (A)' will yield an error (either `zsh: no matches found: (A)' if cshnullglob is unset or `zsh: nomatch' if it is set). I suggest you to learn this glob quilifiers as they are really useful in some situations. Original message: > Hi there, > I accidentally found that: > > $ echo (B) > > yields: > > zsh: unknown file attribute > > > Same for echo (C). However, echo (A) and echo (D) work. Any idea why > that happens? > > I know I could type: "(B)". But I want to save typing the "s.
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