>> But the interesting thing is that dpkg -l *tex* actually _works_ when >> run under bash, leading me to think that the bash shell doesn't expand >> the argument first. >> >Are you sure you tried dpkg -l *tex* in a directory where you know there's >a file whose name matches the pattern *tex*, and whose name is not that >of a debian package? On my system both bash and tcsh behaved the same way.
Very strange. Here is what I did on my system under bash: (mark, destiny)$ ls Maelstrom gnuchessc maelstrom xonix Maelstrom_sound gnuchessn mirrormagic xp-replay acm gnuchessr nethack xpat2 acms gnuchessx postprint xpilot cmail gnugo pxboard xpilots fortune gnushogi xasteroids xshogi game gnushogir xbattle xsok gnuan gnushogix xboard xtet42 gnuchess kill-acms xinvaders xtron (mark, destiny)$ dpkg -l *tex* Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Description +++-===============-==============-============================================ un X11-text-viewer <none> (no description available) pn amslatex <none> (no description available) pn amstex <none> (no description available) pn auctex <none> (no description available) pn bibtex <none> (no description available) pn gettext <none> (no description available) pn hyperlatex <none> (no description available) pn latex <none> (no description available) pn latex2e-doc <none> (no description available) pn latex2rtf <none> (no description available) ii nb-tex 2.1-1 NTeX package ii nb-texi 2.1-1 NTeX package ii ntex 2.1-1 NTeX package ii nx-etex 2.1-1 NTeX package ii nx-mtex 2.1-1 NTeX package un tex <none> (no description available) pn texbin <none> (no description available) pn texidoc <none> (no description available) ii texinfo 3.7-1 The GNU Project's documentation formatting s pn texlib <none> (no description available) pn texpsfnt <none> (no description available) pn textfm <none> (no description available) ii textutils 1.19-1 The GNU text file processsing utilities. ii untex 9210-4 Remove LaTeX commands from input. (Which incidently is the same as what I get when I use the quotes) Mark.
