On Thu, Jan 03, 2002 at 04:10:49PM +0100, J.H.M. Dassen (Ray) wrote: > E.g. I tend to use > dpkg -l 'gcc*' > rather than > dpkg -l gcc* > The former works in every Un*x shell I've ever worked with (though it might > not behave the way you expect), whereas the second works in some, but not in > others (e.g. zsh). The latter would rather depend on what files you have in the current directory, too. -- Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]