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Re: Silly question on :h and = expansion

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From: "Paul" <GammaFunction@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Zach Riggle" <zachriggle@xxxxxxxxx>, "Zsh Users" <zsh-users@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Silly question on :h and = expansion
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2021 16:31:42 -0500
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On Tue Aug 17, 2021 at 12:39 PM CDT, Zach Riggle wrote:
> Quick question, the answer is probably "just use dirname".
>
> But I was hoping there was a way to combine the "=" and ":h" expansion
> into one line. As best I can tell, there isn't -- but I figured it
> was worth asking.

In fact there is!  Modifiers can also be used as globbing flags:

    cd =foo(:h)

Follow-Ups:
- Re: Silly question on :h and = expansion
  - From: Roman Neuhauser

References:
- Silly question on :h and = expansion
  - From: Zach Riggle

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