On Sun, 2003-03-30 at 20:04, Brian Beck wrote: > On Sunday 30 March 2003 5:45 pm, David Smith wrote: > > You had better do: > > > > apt-cache search xmms > > > > first, and then if you really want to instsall xmms*, do this: > > > > apt-get install xmms.* > > > > (that . means 'any character' and the * means '0 or more characters > > that match .). While > > > > apt-get isntall xmms* > > > > Means: install anything that matches xmmssssss (0 or more s's). > > > > My $0.02 > > > > --Dave > learn somthing new every day, thanks I didn't know that, I had belived > that the "." was from the windows world as in the .exe or the .xls > > thanks for your .02 cents worth.
As a disclaimer: that only applies to regular expressions, not your average search stuff like with 'ls'. So, if the app says that it uses regular expression search strings, this applies, but with ones like ls, you would just do 'ls xmms*' like you had recommended. --Dave _______________________________________________ newbies mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/newbies
