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Re: Simpler for statements

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From: "Mikael Magnusson" <mikachu@xxxxxxxxx>
To: zsh-workers@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Simpler for statements
Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2007 04:46:29 +0100
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On 08/12/2007, Jörg Sommer <joerg@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I look for a way to ease writing of for loops. I often have commands like
> for i in other_files.*; do cmp file $i; done
>
> Is there a better way to do this? Can I somehow improve my little
> function?

I like the
for a (other_files.*) {cmp file $a}
syntax, but I guess it depends on how easy it is to input {}() on your layout.
zsh will also allow
for a in other_files.*;cmp file $a
probably requires setopt shortloops, but a downside is you can't use ;
in the command.

-- 
Mikael Magnusson

References:
- Simpler for statements
  - From: Jörg Sommer

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