Re: Most Recent File

[Peter Stephenson <p.w.stephenson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 2021-10-23 at 18:24 +0100, Dominik Vogt wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 23, 2021 at 05:58:28PM +0100, Peter Stephenson wrote:
> > f=(*(-om[1,1]))
> > print -l -- ${(q)f}
> 
> Hmmmm
> 
>   # filename with newline:
>   $ touch "c
>   d"
>   $ f=(c*d)
>   $ echo "${(q)f}"
>   c$'
>   'd
> 
> Why does the value contain a '$'?

The $'...' form of quoting is a special one which can be used to quote
things that can't be quoted by backslashes.  In this case, that's a
newline.  Actually, a normal '<newline>' would work here, but $'...'
quoting is used for consistency with cases where that wouldn't work.  If
you try it, you'll see it does indeed do the right thing.

pws