The "*" character (was: Latex )

[Yves Arrouye <arrouye@marin.fdn.fr>]

Mark Phillips writes:
 > >It would be helpful if you could tell us what version of the packages
 > >you have installed.  For example, if you would run this commands:
 > >
 > >      dpkg -l *tex*
 > 
 > I noticed that this doesn't work under tcsh, but does work under
 > bash.  Is there a difference between how the * character is treated
 > under the two shells?

It differs from shell to shell and even within a given shell:

	marin215# tcsh
	# echo *tex*
	echo: No match.
	# set nonomatch
	# echo *tex*
	*tex*
	#

In csh, having nonomatch set asks the shell not to say it can't do a
wildcard expansion but rather to pass the argument (as if it was
quoted, then) to the command.

The surest way to get consistent results is to quote ;-)

Yves.