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(N) defaults to whole directory listing

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From: Ray Andrews <rayandrews@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Zsh Users <zsh-users@xxxxxxx>
Subject: (N) defaults to whole directory listing
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2021 07:24:16 -0800
Archived-at: <https://zsh.org/users/26434>
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Is this really what we want?

   $ ls -1 no_such_file
   ls: cannot access 'no_such_file': No such file or directory

   $ ls -1 no_such_file 2> /dev/null

   $ ls -1 no_such_file(N)
   aaa
   aa-messagefunctions
   aliases
   aliases,1,remove _find_match
   aliases,2,STARTCOM
   ...

   ....  lists the whole directory.  It's not exactly what one might
   expect. I can see that if the argument 'disappears' entirely then
   'ls' thinks 'ls *' but shouldn't 'ls' be in a 'not found' condition
   rather than a 'list all' condition?

Follow-Ups:
- Re: (N) defaults to whole directory listing
  - From: Roman Perepelitsa

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