Wrapper for ZSH that lets xdg-open accept a single wildcard pattern

gistfile1.txt

open() {
    local resolved=() arg matches
    for arg in "$@"; do
        if [[ "$arg" == *[\*\?\[]* ]]; then
            matches=(${(f)"$(print -l -- ${~arg})"})  # Zsh-compatible glob expansion
            if (( ${#matches[@]} == 0 )); then
                printf 'xdg-open: no match for pattern %s\n' "$arg" >&2
                return 1
            fi
            resolved+=("${matches[@]}")
        else
            resolved+=("$arg")
        fi
    done

    for file in "${resolved[@]}"; do
        command xdg-open "$file" &
    done
}