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Re: Programmable completion bug in beta18

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From: Zoltan Hidvegi <hzoli@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: hniksic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Programmable completion bug in beta18
Date: Wed, 22 May 1996 21:46:26 +0200 (MET DST)
Cc: zsh-workers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Zsh workers list)
In-reply-to: <199605221936.VAA02636@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> from Hrvoje Niksic at "May 22, 96 09:36:44 pm"
Organization: Dept. of Comp. Sci., Eotvos University, Budapest, Hungary
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> BTW, I do not understand what do you mean when you say that (, | and ) are
> ordinary characters in sh patterns -- Solaris sh gives:
> 
> $ echo *(a)
> syntax error: (' unexpected

But

$ foo='*(a)'
$ echo $foo

prints files ending in (a).

Zoltan

References:
- Re: Programmable completion bug in beta18
  - From: Hrvoje Niksic

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