Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> # apt-cache search 'kernel*'
> # apt-cache search kernel\*
>
> Plain kernel* will do unexpected things if you happen to have any files
> in the current directory whose names begin with "kernel".
However apt-cache searches on a regex (does it use grep?), so
`kernel' gets the smae match as `kernel*'.
bob:vc-p2:bob>apt-cache search kernel|wc
527 4402 32495
bob:vc-p2:bob>apt-cache search "kernel*"|wc
527 4402 32495
Regards,
Bob
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