Re: Globbing symlinks-to-${glob_qualifier}

[Daniel Shahaf <d.s@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Lawrence Velázquez wrote on Thu, Aug 19, 2021 at 00:38:11 -0400:
>     % printf '<%s>' *(@-/); echo
>     <a><b><c><d>

That's also an answer to Zach's upthread point about how to print
a glob's expansion exactly.  This solution is POSIX, but can be
ambiguous if the arguments contain «>» or «<» characters.  Alternatives
include:

    % () { typeset -p argv } 'foo bar' '' 'baz'
    typeset -g -a argv=( 'foo bar' '' baz )
    
    % () { print -raC1 -- "${(q-)@}" } 'foo bar' '' 'baz'
    'foo bar'
    ''
    baz

    % () { print -raC1 -- "${(qqqq)@}" } 'foo bar' '' 'baz'
    $'foo bar'
    $''
    $'baz'

The examples use anonymous functions for self-containedness, but feel
free to copy a function to your dotfiles and name it.

The test values test for word splitting and null elision.