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Re: checking for file existence when I don't know the exact name

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From: Vincent Lefevre <vincent@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: checking for file existence when I don't know the exact name
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2011 16:36:29 +0200
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On 2011-10-24 14:31:04 +0100, Peter Stephenson wrote:
> The standard method is along the lines of:
> 
> matchingfiles() {
>    emulate -L zsh
>    local -a files
>    files=(${~*}(N))
>    (( ${#files} ))
> }

Wouldn't this be more efficient with files=(${~*}(N[1]))?

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References:
- checking for file existence when I don't know the exact name
  - From: TJ Luoma
- Re: checking for file existence when I don't know the exact name
  - From: Peter Stephenson

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