> On Thu, 2009-09-24 at 06:14 +0500, gil...@altern.org wrote: >> Andras Simon wrote: >> >> > On 9/23/09, gil...@altern.org <gil...@altern.org> wrote: >> >>> gil...@altern.org wrote: >> >> >> So, if I write >> >> >> >> rm m17n* >> >> >> >> it will remove all instances of m17n... >> >> >> >> but, because yum is not a bash command, the * has to be escaped? >> > >> > No. Neither are bash commands >> >> Well, in my book, rm is a bash command. It might not be exclusive to the >> bash shell, but it definitely is a bash command. Otherwise, maybe you >> could tell us what a bash command is to you? > ---- > Try executing the command, 'yum provides /bin/rm' > > rm is not a bash command per se. It is a core utility that can be used > by bash or any command shell (and there are many other command shells > other than bash supplied by Fedora). > > Your book is wrong.
Many are, it seems, e.g.: http://infocenter.guardiandigital.com/manuals/SecureCommunity/node262.html http://fedorasolved.org/Members/opsec/common-bash-commands which proves once again that Google is not always your friend. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines