From 3a5617a4770cb4e28a2ea69615f8a2a7f35b766f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peter Stephenson Date: Sun, 5 Dec 2010 21:13:10 +0000 Subject: unposted: NEWS: mention {START..END..STEP} enhancement. --- NEWS | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) (limited to 'NEWS') diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 5f76b5ab2..a20cc5263 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ The (D) flag in parameter expansion abbreviates directories in the substituted value. The (q-) flag does minimal shell quotation of arguments for maximum human readability of the result. +Numeric expansion with braces has been extended so that a step may be +given, as in {3..9..2}. The step may be negative as may the start and +end of the range (this is also new). + The glob qualifier P can be used to add a separate word before each match. For example, *(P:-f:) produces the command line `-f file1 -f file2 ...'. -- cgit 1.4.1