Re: psychiatric help

[Ray Andrews <rayandrews@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 2026-04-04 20:57, Bart Schaefer wrote:

If you need to copy $@ (et al.) into another variable, use array syntax:

> out=( $@ )
>     
    Tried this:
    
    alias tt='noglob _tt'
    function _tt ()
    {
    out=( $@ )                # Bart sez.  Array will preserve hard
    space, no backslash needed.
    _execute 'ls $~out'    # Need tilde here!
    
    foo='ls $~out'            # Literal string! Don't forget tilde, same
    as above.  Consistent.
    _execute $foo            #  Plain vanilla var sends literal string,
    and 'eval' takes care of it.
    }
    
    run:
    
    4 /aWorking/Zsh/Source/Wk 4 % test\ ?
    
    test a
    test b
    
    test a
    test b
    
    ... so that's got it under control.  '_execute' boils down to a call
    to 'eval' as you suspect but it does a bunch of other stuff as
    well.  Easy to drop the ball tho, the chain of handoffs can be
    fuddled at any point.  Gotta get it right, I was making it harder
    than it is. 80% clarity.
    
    Thank you Sensei.
    
    BTW, polite of 'ls' to make multiline output when input is an array.