${(f)…}: Split at newlines

(f) splits the expanded result at newlines (\n).

${(f)name} is equivalent to ${(ps:\n:)name}.

(F) is performing the reverse: it’s joining elements of arrays into a single string with \n.

Links

• Zsh manual on parameter expansion flags

Examples

Split string with newlines into fields

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# contains \n value="$(ls -1)" # each line contained in $value is split into a field echo "Contents: ${(f)value}"

Output:

1	Contents: temp file1.txt file2.txt