On Mon, 05 Mar 2012 23:26:55 +0100 Marko Vojinovic wrote: > Umm, now I'm confused. While I do understand what you are trying to say, I > see > that the outputs of "yum list selinux*" and "yum list selinux\*" are exactly > the same:
Because as an aid to confusion, bash passes "xyzzy*" to the program if the pattern "xyzzy*" doesn't match any available expansions. This way it cleverly trains you that you don't need to escape the * until someday, apparently at random, you do need to escape it :-). -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
