Globbing with zsh | Linux Today

Globbing with zsh

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 26, 2010

[ Thanks to linuxaria for this link.
]

“In a previous article we saw how to install and
configure zsh, today we’ll see in detail the options offered by the
zsh for globbing or how the shell use some special characters to
auto-complete our commands.

“Please note: most command you’ll see here could be accomplished
with particular switch of the command, for example ls with -r do a
recursive search, but the goal of this article is to just use the
shell, so our goal will be to accomplish the same result but just
with the power of zsh globbing.”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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