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Re: alias limg='ls *.{jpg,gif}(.N)'

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From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: zzapper <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: alias limg='ls *.{jpg,gif}(.N)'
Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 12:26:06 -0600
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In the last episode (Feb 28), zzapper said:
> I was proud of my little alias
> 
> alias limg='ls *.{jpg,gif}(.N)'
> 
> But it has a teeny-weeny fault; if no image is found it lists everything

How about:

alias limg='ls *.(jpg|gif)(.)'

which uses a single glob pattern and no NULL_GLOB, so zsh will complain
if the pattern doesn't match anything.

-- 
	Dan Nelson
	dnelson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

References:
- alias limg='ls *.{jpg,gif}(.N)'
  - From: zzapper

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