You can just use the TAB key to autocomplete what you are typing.
It is a real time saver, not to mention it cuts out a ton of typos!
Tyler
On Sun, 05 Nov 2000 17:42:30 Dave wrote:
> Now, I am confused, so, if I want to install a certain package, so far I
> keep typing it out wrong half the time, so I tried "rpm -ivh $(which
> <name
> of file>)", but it dosen't like it.
>
> is there a command say lets say the package
> "traceroute-1.4a5-23.i386.rpm"
> to just say something like "rpm -ivh $(which traceroute)" or something,
> in
> order to get around the "-1.4a5-23.i386.rpm" part of it?
>
>
> D.
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Bret Hughes
> Sent: Sunday, November 05, 2000 8:59 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Where is Ping?
>
>
> Dave Ihnat wrote:
>
> > On Sun, Nov 05, 2000 at 02:42:52AM -0500, kf wrote:
> > > You probably know this already, but for others...
> > >
> > > To find if you have a package (e.g., ping) installed, do one or more
> of
> > > the following:
> >
> > OK as far as it goes; this tells you where the particular program has
> been
> > installed. To know what package owns the file, run "rpm -q -f
> <file>".
> > Note the entire file path must be given.
>
> That is why I use:
>
> rpm -q -f $(which <file>)
>
> #the $( ) syntax is the same as backticks but I use it so I can nest
> statements easily
>
> Bret
>
>
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