How to create multiple dot files using brace expansion?

Question

I want to create a bunch of dot files using brace expansion, but it doesn't work:

touch .{a..h}

the result is a file .{a..h} is created instead of

.a
.b
.c
...

Works fine for me in zshell. Which version are you using? – Simon Klaver Dec 01 '15 at 08:51 — Simon Klaver, Dec 01 '15 at 08:51
zsh 5.0.8 (x86_64-apple-darwin14.3.0) – Aaron Shen Dec 01 '15 at 08:54 — Aaron Shen, Dec 01 '15 at 08:54
What does `zsh -fc 'echo $ZSH_VERSION .{a..h}'` output? – Stéphane Chazelas Dec 07 '15 at 17:44 — Stéphane Chazelas, Dec 07 '15 at 17:44

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 01 '15 at 08:59

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Maybe you have the ignorebraces enabled, so zsh do not perform brace expansion:

$ setopt ignorebraces
$ print -rl -- {1..10}
{1..10}

So try setopt noignorebraces and redo the task.

answered Dec 01 '15 at 08:59

cuonglm

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no, it doesn't work even after `setopt noignorebraces`. – Aaron Shen Dec 01 '15 at 09:19
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See http://unix.stackexchange.com/q/219008/38906 for more details. – cuonglm Dec 01 '15 at 09:25

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 18 '21 at 13:22

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To create .dot file =>touch .{a..h}
But all the files will be hidden, need to do ls -a to list all hidden files. To create multiple text file => touch {a..z}.txt

answered Jan 18 '21 at 13:22

user451666

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How to create multiple dot files using brace expansion?

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