From 58f4cccb1fbd66b7645178af971cb317cf1a2d7a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peter Stephenson Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2015 12:28:07 +0000 Subject: 37022: add GLOB_STAR_SHORT option to abbreviate ** and *** --- Doc/Zsh/expn.yo | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) (limited to 'Doc/Zsh/expn.yo') 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) -- cgit 1.4.1