On Sat, 2009-02-14 at 06:51 -0700, Linuxguy123 wrote: > Why is this ? > > $ yum list *synaptics* It's a good idea to quote any arguments with wildcards in them, e.g.: yum list "*synaptics*" Otherwise, if you have a local file (or files) containing "synaptics" in the name, the shell will substitute the name(s) into the command before executing it, and you won't get what you want. For example: $ touch synaptics $ yum list *synaptics* Loaded plugins: fastestmirror Installed Packages synaptics.x86_64 0.14.6-3.fc8 installed Bash globbed the name *synaptics* and replaced it with the filename "synaptics". Quoting the argument gives the desired result: $ yum list "*synaptics*" Loaded plugins: fastestmirror Installed Packages synaptics.x86_64 0.14.6-3.fc8 installed Available Packages gsynaptics.x86_64 0.9.14-2.fc8 updates-newkey ksynaptics.x86_64 0.3.3-5.fc8 updates-newkey libsynaptics.i386 0.14.6c-2.fc8 fedora libsynaptics.x86_64 0.14.6c-2.fc8 fedora libsynaptics-devel.i386 0.14.6c-2.fc8 fedora libsynaptics-devel.x86_64 0.14.6c-2.fc8 fedora xfce4-gsynaptics-mcs-plugin.x86_64 1.0.0-1.fc8 updates-newkey -Chris -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
