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Re: Request for a hint

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From: huyle@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Huy Le)
To: mlist-zsh-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Request for a hint
Date: 27 Apr 1996 20:33:58 GMT
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA USA
References: <zsh-list.199604260955.LAA00962@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-to: huyle@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

In article <zsh-list.199604260955.LAA00962@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Helmut Jarausch <jarausch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>Hi all,
>can anybody give me a hint for doing the following in zsh - probably it's easy.
>
>Sometimes I do a very critical command using e.g.  ~-  or  ~WORK  like
>rm -rf ~-
>
>Before executing this command I would like to see the expansion of it
>(show me, what ~- really is)
>
>Is this possible with a keystroke?

I have the following binding:
bindkey    '^G' list-expand

It's very useful to see the expansion of anything, like ~-, file*glob,
$PARAM, etc. You'll never erase the wrong file again!

- Huy

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