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From: Nick Rout <nick@×××××××.nz>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Is this a bug in equery
Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 02:52:17
Message-Id: 20051124154502.1d971f4a.nick@rout.co.nz
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Is this a bug in equery by Arturo 'Buanzo' Busleiman
1 On Wed, 23 Nov 2005 22:11:27 -0300
2 "Arturo 'Buanzo' Busleiman" <buanzo@××××××××××.ar> wrote:
3
4 > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
5 > Hash: SHA1
6 >
7 > Harry Putnam wrote:
8 > > equery files --type >=app-editors/vim-6.3
9 > > -bash: =app-editors/vim-6.3: No such file or directory
10 >
11 > add single quotes, so the > metacharacter is not parsed by bash, like this:
12 >
13 > equery files --type '>=app-editors/vim-6.3'
14
15 yes its not a biug as such, but a result of the shell you are using,
16 which interprets > as a redirection tool. Perhaps the equery docos
17 should/examples should say so. If you want it fixed, files bug,
18 mentioning it here will NOT get it fixed.
19
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[gentoo-user] Re: Is this a bug in equery Harry Putnam <reader@×××××××.com>