On Thu, Jan 19, 2023 at 07:13:46AM -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote: [...] > So, just to add to the list of people who've already said it: always > quote the patterns that you pass to apt list, because you want apt > to use them directly, without your shell interfering. And, if in doubt, just replace the original command with "echo". This will let you "see" what your command is going to see. I think it's a good way to get a feeling of what's going on. Those examples are bash, in its default setting: tomas@trotzki:~$ echo foo* foo foo.txt tomas@trotzki:~$ echo blarg* blarg* Cheers -- t
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