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Glob Qualifier Yn enables short-circuit mode behaves oddly

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Subject: Glob Qualifier Yn enables short-circuit mode behaves oddly
Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2022 13:09:39 +0000
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> print *(.omY3)

notebash.txt note132.txt note020.txt

I don't know why it's selected those 3 files but it always does

Yn

enables short-circuit mode: the pattern will expand to at most n filenames. If more than n matches exist, only the first n matches in directory traversal order will be considered.

Implies oN when no oc qualifier is used.

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