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[Rolf Turner]

On 10/16/13 09:20, Joe Zeff wrote:
> On 10/15/2013 01:07 PM, Rolf Turner wrote:
>> Please, people:  When you give advice, make sure you get the little
>> details right.
>> Knowledgeable types and gurus can readily spot and fix minor
>> infelicities.  But to us
>> bunnies a minor infelicity can be completely bewildering.  Test your
>> code before
>> sending!
>
> FYI, root isn't needed for such queries. 
     That makes sense!
> I used this:
>
> yum provides */libpng-config
>
> with no quotes, as my normal, unprivileged user and got the answer 
> with no trouble.

     Hmm.  I tried that just now and got the "No match." again. WTF?   
Ahhhhh, I think I see
     what's happening.  I am using (due to my personal peculiarities --- 
:-) ) tcsh.  I expect
     that you, like most people, are using bash.  Tried it under bash, 
and bingo, it worked.

     Mildly fascinating that there is this difference in the treatment 
of wild cards between
     bash and tcsh.

     Anyhow, thanks for the enlightenment.

     cheers,

     Rolf Turner