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Re: Pathname expansion vs. filename expansion

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2019-08-20 16:30:21 +0100, Stephane Chazelas:
[...]
> See also "filename generation" or "globbing" which avoid the
> potential confusion with ~user and <(...) which also are
> "pathname expansion" operators.
[...]

FWIW, in zsh's manual, "filename expansion" refers to ~user, ~1,
~-1, ~named-directory, =cmd while "filename generation" refers
to globbing.

In dash: Pathname Expansion (File Name Generation)

In mksh: file name generation

In ksh93: File Name Generation

In yash: Pathname expansion (globbing)

In tcsh: Filename substitution

In fish: globbing

-- 
Stephane

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Re: Pathname expansion vs. filename expansion Stephane Chazelas <stephane.chazelas@gmail.com> - 2019-08-20 16:45 +0100

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