On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 08:26:10PM +1200, Barry wrote:
> % qiv myphoto.jpg                     also displays myphoto
>                       but
> % qiv *.jpg                           fails with the msg 'couldnt execute "qiv 
> *.jpg, no such
> file or directory'
> 
> Do I need to escape the '*' somehow?

Yep, you need to use filename globbing (which understands the wildcards
you're trying) otherwise the * character is interpreted literally.

Try something like qiv [glob *.jpg]

-jim

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