Re: A question about filename generate

Perry Smith <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.shells.zsh.user
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> On Jul 27, 2025, at 20:06, Marc Chantreux <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> But I’m still confused (surprised) why OPs original pattern did what it did.
> 
> I just read the explaination from Mikael and Bart: short and clear.
> Isn't it?

Yes.  The key for me here is the y of x~y is a string pattern.

I looked at my zsh cheat sheet and saw two other patterns that I thought I would ask about if anyone would be so kind:

I’m assuming that pat of the expression ^pat is a glob pattern.  And x^y: my guess is that both x and y are glob patterns.
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