This could be more a question of bash fundamentals: By trying to find Muttrc on my HDD I used the locate program.
This was the command I ueed: rland@MINI:~$ locate [Mm]uttrc ... no reaction. Rereading the info gave me: " Patterns can contain shell-style metacharacters: � � � &pi0;*', &pi0;?', and &pi0;[]'.� The metacharacters do not� treat� &pi0;/' � � � or� &pi0;.' � specially. � Therefore,� a pattern &pi0;foo*bar' can � � � match a file name that contains &pi0;foo3/bar', and a� pattern � � � &pi0;*duck*' � can � match � a � file � name � that � contains � � � &pi0;lake/.ducky'. � Patterns� that � contain � metacharacters � � � should� be� quoted� to� protect them from expansion by the � � � shell. " .....so I tried: rland@MINI:~$ locate '[Mm]uttrc' rland@MINI:~$ locate "[Mm]uttrc" ...nothing. But: rland@MINI:~$ locate &pi0;[Mm]uttrc' > ....put the bash into this ">" - mode and could only be reset by ctrl+C. What has happened here? I would be awfully grateful if someone would help. Robert -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
