Mark Phillips writes: > >It would be helpful if you could tell us what version of the packages > >you have installed. For example, if you would run this commands: > > > > dpkg -l *tex* > > I noticed that this doesn't work under tcsh, but does work under > bash. Is there a difference between how the * character is treated > under the two shells?
It differs from shell to shell and even within a given shell: marin215# tcsh # echo *tex* echo: No match. # set nonomatch # echo *tex* *tex* # In csh, having nonomatch set asks the shell not to say it can't do a wildcard expansion but rather to pass the argument (as if it was quoted, then) to the command. The surest way to get consistent results is to quote ;-) Yves.