While trying to scp some files I knew existed on the remote system, I ran into an issue using a wildcard.

Using the zsh shell and using a wildcard in scp fails:

scp tom@testbox:~/test*.txt
zsh: no matches found: tom@testbox:~/test*.txt

However, the files do exist:

ssh testbox
tom@testbox:~$ ls -l
total 8
-rw-rw-r-- 1 …

When MACOS changed the default shell from bash to zsh, I waited a bit, as I'd used bash for years and years, and was really familiar with it.

Post-clean install of Big Sur, I left my default shell as zsh.

Doing some reading, installed Oh My Zsh

Oh My Zsh is a delightful, open source, community-driven framework for …