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Diffstat (limited to 'Doc/Zsh/expn.yo')
| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/Zsh/expn.yo | 12 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/expn.yo b/Doc/Zsh/expn.yo index f465b2f60..87ca7905d 100644 --- a/Doc/Zsh/expn.yo +++ b/Doc/Zsh/expn.yo @@ -782,12 +782,14 @@ prepending tt($0). Hence tt(${*:0:1}) substitutes tt($0) and tt(${*:1:1}) substitutes tt($1). ) xitem(tt(${)var(name)tt(/)var(pattern)tt(/)var(repl)tt(})) -item(tt(${)var(name)tt(//)var(pattern)tt(/)var(repl)tt(}))( +xitem(tt(${)var(name)tt(//)var(pattern)tt(/)var(repl)tt(})) +item(tt(${)var(name)tt(:/)var(pattern)tt(/)var(repl)tt(}))( Replace the longest possible match of var(pattern) in the expansion of parameter var(name) by string var(repl). The first form -replaces just the first occurrence, the second form all occurrences. +replaces just the first occurrence, the second form all occurrences, +and the third form replaces only if var(pattern) matches the entire string. Both var(pattern) and var(repl) are subject to double-quoted substitution, -so that expressions like tt(${name/$opat/$npat}) will work, but note the +so that expressions like tt(${name/$opat/$npat}) will work, but obey the usual rule that pattern characters in tt($opat) are not treated specially unless either the option tt(GLOB_SUBST) is set, or tt($opat) is instead substituted as tt(${~opat}). @@ -803,8 +805,8 @@ single backslash; this is not necessary if the `tt(%)' and `tt(#%) are not active if they occur inside a substituted parameter, even at the start. -The first `tt(/)' may be preceded by a `tt(:)', in which case the match -will only succeed if it matches the entire word. Note also the +If, after quoting rules apply, tt(${)var(name)tt(}) expands to an array, +the replacements act on each element individually. Note also the effect of the tt(I) and tt(S) parameter expansion flags below; however, the flags tt(M), tt(R), tt(B), tt(E) and tt(N) are not useful. |