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| author |  Mike Burns <mike@mike-burns.com> | 2014-03-06 13:43:26 +0100 |
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| committer | Mike Burns <mike@mike-burns.com> | 2014-03-10 16:21:47 +0100 |
| commit | 937e565856a05a32060a43d2ee695443cf6c6af1 (patch) | |
| tree | 9abed1275fe6c1dd6bf192a0dd8750288e443e17 | |
| parent | aede2fce719a9895b3ec58254df8308339d76241 (diff) | |
Document that you must quote globs
The shell likes to expand globs as conveniently as possible. Therefore,
quote them when passing them to lsrc(1) and others (e.g. `-x '*vim*'`).
| -rw-r--r-- | man/lsrc.1 | 15 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 5 deletions
@@ -54,12 +54,14 @@ options. It uses the same pattern language as .Fl x ; more details are in the .Sx EXCLUDE PATTERN -section. +section. Note that you may have to quote the exclude pattern so the +shell does not evaluate the glob. . .It Fl S Ar excl_pat -symlink the directory that match the given pattern. See +symlink the directories that match the given pattern. See .Sx EXCLUDE PATTERN -for more details. This option can be repeated. +for more details. This option can be repeated. You may need to quote the +pattern to prevent the shell from swallowing the glob. . .It Fl t Ar TAG list dotfiles according to TAG @@ -73,7 +75,8 @@ decrease verbosity .It Fl x Ar excl_pat exclude the files that match the given pattern. See .Sx EXCLUDE PATTERN -for more details. This option can be repeated. +for more details. This option can be repeated. Quote the pattern if it +contains a valid shell glob. . .It Ar files ... only list the specified file(s) @@ -104,7 +107,9 @@ Or more simply: .Pp .Dl bash_profile .Pp -See the caveats noted in +. +Since exclude patterns are often valid shell globs, be sure to quote +them. See the caveats noted in .Sx BUGS when using an exclude pattern. .Sh ENVIRONMENT |