RE: [LUG] suse to debian

["Theo Zourzouvillys" <theo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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> [mailto:owner-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of kevin bailey
> Sent: 30 December 2001 16:21
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> Subject: Re: [LUG] suse to debian
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> you can use wildcards with the name - so
> 
> dpkg -l jo*

With the risk of sounding anal, it's worth noting that jo* may need
to be quoted as shell escaping may interfer with it.  I was very
confuzed a while back by it, after a long coding spree no sleep, and
too much caffine, had a problem like this:

lister:/home/trek/trII/src# dpkg -l mysql*
No packages found matching mysql.c.

lister:/home/trek/trII/src# ls mysql*
mysql.c

router:/home/trek/trII/src# dpkg -l "mysql*"
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
*snip*
un  mysql          <none>     (no description available)
un  mysql-base     <none>     (no description available)

I was so tired it must have taken me all of 10 minutes to work it out
;p

Theo ;)

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