On Feb 13, 11:08pm, Christian Neukirchen wrote: } } % zsh --version } zsh 4.3.11 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) } } % echo ${:1:} } } Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. Fixed already, I think: zsh 4.3.11-dev-1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) torch% echo ${:1:} zsh: unrecognized modifier torch% echo $ZSH_PATCHLEVEL 1.5197