[WBEL-users] yum

[peter_stubbs@non.agilent.com]

whitebox-users-admin@beau.org wrote:
>> Takes  a  ... wildcard for a package.
>> 
> 
> Did you ensure that the wildcard was enclosed in quotes?
> 
> e.g. 'kernel*' instead of kernel* ?
> 
> Without quotes the shell will interpret the wildcard before handing
> the parameter to yum.

I guess it depends on your shell, but if nothing matches the wildcard
bash ( the default on WB ) will pass the parameter on rather than expand it to
nothing and hand that on.

Cheers,
Peter

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