= Globbing in eshell =

With zsh or eshell you can use ##**/*.[ch]## to expand into a list of all
files matching ##*.[ch]##.

And so much more.

== Normal globbing ==

; ##*.c## : All files ending in ##.c##
; ##?.c## : Any single character followed by ##.c##
; ##[a-f]*.c## : Any file beginning ##a-f## followed by ##.c##

== Extended globbing ==

; ##a#.c## : A C file named by zero or more '##a##' characters
; <code>a##.c</code> : A C file named by one or more ##a## characters

== Recursive globbing ==

; ##*/*.c## : All C files in all subdirectories
; <code>*/CVS/Root</code> : All CVS/Root files

== Predicated globbing ==

; ##e*(*)## : All executable files beginning with ##e##
; ##*/*(@)## : All symbolic links (searched recursively)
; ##*/*(a+30)## : All files not accessed in the last 30 days

== Filtered globbing ==

; ##*.c(:U)## : All C filenames in uppercase

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All of these features are supported by both zsh[http://sunsite.dk/zsh/Doc/]
and Eshell.  In fact,
Eshell was implemented in terms of the zsh 4.0 InfoMode manual, so I
recommend reading there. -- JohnWiegley

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== Lisp ties ==

Further, Eshell allows for Lisp ties in to the predication and
filtering rules:

; ##*.c('file-writable-p)## : Lispy way of doing ##*.c(w)##
; ##*.c(|upcase)## : Lispy way of doing ##*.c(:U)##

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See also:

* <code> M-x eshell-display-predicate-help </code>
* <code> M-x eshell-display-modifier-help </code>

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