[Malvern] Concerning apt-get.

[Chris Eilbeck]

On Tue, Oct 10, 2006 at 03:27:11PM +0100, Geoff Bagley wrote:
> Phil might know the answer to this one ...
> 
> Does "apt-get install"  understand regular expressions ?
> 
> Can I do the following :     apt-get  install  gnome*    ,
> 
> and will it install the whole gamut of files that start with "gnome"   
> (in this proposed example)  ?

If you escape it properly, it might work.  If you type it just like that,
bash will interpret the wildcard which isn't what you actually mean.

Chris
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