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Re: PATCH: Re: Files modified after a given date

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From: Zefram <zefram@xxxxxxxx>
To: wischnow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Sven Wischnowsky)
Subject: Re: PATCH: Re: Files modified after a given date
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 10:58:06 +0100 (BST)
Cc: zsh-workers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
In-reply-to: <199908260942.LAA14798@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> from Sven Wischnowsky at "Aug 26, 1999 11:42:20 am"
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Sven Wischnowsky wrote:
>Hmm, yes that may be an interesting alternative. Wouldn't be hard to
>implement either and we wouldn't really need any meta character-
>sequence, we could just set `$FILE' or something like that before
>evaluating the whole thing.

I'm in two minds as to which arrangement is better.  I think this one just
has the edge, in that it makes it possible to invent impromptu functions
on the command line.  But make it $_ instead of $FILE -- not only is it
shorter, but it's already used in comparable ways (mail notification).

-zefram

References:
- RE: PATCH: Re: Files modified after a given date
  - From: Sven Wischnowsky

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