-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Patrick Shanahan wrote: > * Donn Washburn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [08-17-07 17:06]: [...] >> Am I doing it wrong or is there some other new trick. "rpm -q" >> rpmfilename seems to work but rpm "-q *" or "-qa *" fails to work. Is >> this a Senior Moment or bad memory problem.
"rpm -q *" doesn't work "rpm -qa" does. When invoking "rpm -qa", there is no need to pass "*" as well, hence the proper usage is: rpm -qa and not rpm -qa * Also, be careful with using * on a command-line. Unlike DOS or windows, the "*" is being replaced with proper values by the shell _before_ calling the actual program. Which means that if you're in /home/foo and you do this in a shell: rpm -qa * the command that will actually be executed is the following: rpm -qa Desktop Documents bin public_html because the * is resolved by the shell before calling rpm -qa. Make sure to escape the "*", either like this: rpm -qa \* or like this: rpm -qa "*" or even like this: rpm -qa '*' More information on that can be found in the bash manual (man bash, or if you're using KDE, type "man:/bash" as the URL in konqueror). But as said "rpm -qa \*" is useless, just do "rpm -qa" You could do this though: rpm -qa amarok\* In that case, rpm will only list the packages that have a name starting with "amarok" hope this helps cheers - -- -o) Pascal Bleser http://linux01.gwdg.de/~pbleser/ /\\ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _\_v The more things change, the more they stay insane. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD4DBQFGxhvAr3NMWliFcXcRArK+AKCsBnbNlE/xyYTOEvaML6zbxOBjMACXXkah ibY7kC03AT5Nl6k9Uf+Vdg== =dsdf -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
