> gilpel@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: >>>> Those packages provide contributed multilingualization (m17n) input >>>> maps >>>> for... whatever the language. >>> If you don't need them, just say >>> yum erase m17n\* >> >> Yeah, I suppose with yum they wouldn't come back. But what is the >> backslash for? Can't find any backslash in the yum man page. >> > > The backslash is to prevent the shell from expanding the asterisk and > passing on the asterisk to yum literally. Its called escaping a special > character. Try looking for escaping characters in the bash man page. 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? -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
