Re: EQUALS =command expansion

[Peter Stephenson <pws@xxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 23 Nov 2006 23:57:06 -0500 (EST)
Atom Smasher <atom@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> but if i try to use TAB to expand "=lpr-*" it doesn't work.

It should work if you are using the new completion system
and the GLOB_COMPLETE option is set.  If it's not set,
you should still be able to complete =lpr- without the *
(* is not a standard completion syntax, it's usually used
for expansion on the command line).

>   $ ls -lh =lpr-*
>   zsh: lpr-* not found

That's not how it works.  The filename expansion "=" is performed
first, searching for the path to a file name (not a pattern).
When that's finished filename generation handles the *.
That's why they're in different sections in the manual in that
order.

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