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| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/Zsh/expn.yo | 12 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/Zsh/options.yo | 15 |
2 files changed, 27 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/expn.yo b/Doc/Zsh/expn.yo index 5ea8610f2..20e0c8d35 100644 --- a/Doc/Zsh/expn.yo +++ b/Doc/Zsh/expn.yo @@ -2381,6 +2381,18 @@ follow symbolic links; the alternative form `tt(***/)' does, but is otherwise identical. Neither of these can be combined with other forms of globbing within the same path segment; in that case, the `tt(*)' operators revert to their usual effect. + +Even shorter forms are available when the option tt(GLOB_STAR_SHORT) is +set. In that case if no tt(/) immediately follows a tt(**) or tt(***) +they are treated as if both a tt(/) plus a further tt(*) are present. +Hence: + +example(setopt GLOBSTARSHORT +ls **.c) + +is equivalent to + +example(ls **/*.c) subsect(Glob Qualifiers) cindex(globbing, qualifiers) cindex(qualifiers, globbing) diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/options.yo b/Doc/Zsh/options.yo index fbf65abbc..60379cabc 100644 --- a/Doc/Zsh/options.yo +++ b/Doc/Zsh/options.yo @@ -534,6 +534,21 @@ cindex(globbing, of . files) item(tt(GLOB_DOTS) (tt(-4)))( Do not require a leading `tt(.)' in a filename to be matched explicitly. ) +pindex(GLOB_STAR_SHORT) +pindex(NO_GLOB_STAR_SHORT) +pindex(GLOBSTARSHORT) +pindex(NOGLOBSTARSHORT) +cindex(globbing, short forms) +cindex(globbing, ** special) +item(tt(GLOB_STAR_SHORT))( +When this option is set and the default zsh-style globbing is in +effect, the pattern `tt(**/*)' can be abbreviated to `tt(**)' and the +pattern `tt(***/*)' can be abbreviated to tt(***). Hence `tt(**.c)' +finds a file ending in tt(.c) in any subdirectory, and `tt(***.c)' does +the same while also following symbolic links. A tt(/) immediately +after the `tt(**)' or `tt(***)' forces the pattern to be treated as the +unabbreviated form. +) pindex(GLOB_SUBST) pindex(NO_GLOB_SUBST) pindex(GLOBSUBST) |