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Re: is text file?

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From: <hzoli@xxxxxxxxxxxx> (Zoltan T. Hidvegi)
To: pws@xxxxxx (Peter Stephenson)
Subject: Re: is text file?
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 1997 08:37:28 -0400 (EDT)
Cc: zsh-workers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
In-reply-to: <199709291025.MAA06202@xxxxxxxxxx> from Peter Stephenson at "Sep 29, 97 12:25:21 pm"
Sender: <hzoli@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Peter Stephenson wrote:
> Or do you mean, why can't I put the ~ in the same ${...}, in which case,
> at least in 3.0.5 and 3.1.2, I think you can.
>
> % echo *(${(j/|/)~fignore})
> Makefile~ builtin.c~ builtin.o ...

Yes, this always worked I think.

> (Or did you mean, why doesn't it go between the { and the (, in which
> case the answer is `it just doesn't, but maybe it should say so in
> the manual'.)

The manual says: if the opening brace is immediately followed by an opening
parenthesis...  So it is clear, that the tilde must come after the closing
parenthesis.

Zoli

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- Re: is text file?
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