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Donn Washburn

17 Aug 2007 17 Aug '07

21:05

Hey Group; I was going to check the RPM database for various pieces of software versions. Say like Open Office by "rpm --qa *". To which the rpm database comes up with Amarok-1.4.6 only. I would have expected a dump of the programss. So I did a remake of the RPM database "rpm --rebuilddb" then "rpm --initdb" and still it finds only Amarok. This was done as "root". Am I doing it wrong or is there some other new trick. "rpm -q" rpmfilename seems to work but rpm "-q *" or "-qa *" fails to work. Is this a Senior Moment or bad memory problem. Ultimately I was going to "rpm -qa * | grep open" -- 73 de Donn Washburn 307 Savoy Street Email: " n5xwb@hal-pc.org " Sugar Land, TX 77478 LL# 1.281.242.3256 Ham Callsign N5XWB HAMs : " n5xwb@arrl.net " VoIP via Gizmo: bmw_87kbike / via Skype: n5xwbg BMW MOA #: 4146 - Ambassador " http://counter.li.org " #279316 Did you know? The transistor was invented by three white men. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org

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Patrick Shanahan

17 Aug 17 Aug

21:44

* Donn Washburn [08-17-07 17:06]:

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I was going to check the RPM database for various pieces of software versions. Say like Open Office by "rpm --qa *".

first, there is no option "--qa", its "-qa", and the asterisk is superfluous.

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To which the rpm database comes up with Amarok-1.4.6 only.

this makes NO sense, "Amarok...", *unless* your database is totally corrupt.

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I would have expected a dump of the programss.

given the correct syntax...

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So I did a remake of the RPM database "rpm --rebuilddb" then "rpm --initdb" and still it finds only Amarok.

show the EXACT command you typed as this still makes no sense.

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This was done as "root".

not necessary to show installed pgms, but is for the rebuild and/or initdb.

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Am I doing it wrong or is there some other new trick. "rpm -q" rpmfilename seems to work but rpm "-q *" or "-qa *" fails to work. Is this a Senior Moment or bad memory problem.

"Senior" no, but perhaps bad memory. More likely you do not know the command structure/syntax. IN LINUX command-line applications, *usually* the proper command syntax may be displayed via "<command> --help". There is also "man <command>". try: rpm --help and man rpm rpm -qa <app-name> works for me, as does rpm -qa |grep <app-name> or, when memory might be faulty rpm -qa |grep -i <app-name>

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Ultimately I was going to "rpm -qa * | grep open"

But you didn't ????

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-- 73 de Donn Washburn 307 Savoy Street Email: " n5xwb@hal-pc.org " Sugar Land, TX 77478 LL# 1.281.242.3256 Ham Callsign N5XWB HAMs : " n5xwb@arrl.net " VoIP via Gizmo: bmw_87kbike / via Skype: n5xwbg BMW MOA #: 4146 - Ambassador " http://counter.li.org " #279316

Did you know? The transistor was invented by three white men. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ is this a vain attempt at racial bigotry or just a red-neck showing his true colors.

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Pascal Bleser

22:05

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Patrick Shanahan wrote:

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* Donn Washburn [08-17-07 17:06]: [...]

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Am I doing it wrong or is there some other new trick. "rpm -q" rpmfilename seems to work but rpm "-q *" or "-qa *" fails to work. Is this a Senior Moment or bad memory problem.

"rpm -q *" doesn't work "rpm -qa" does. When invoking "rpm -qa", there is no need to pass "*" as well, hence the proper usage is: rpm -qa and not rpm -qa * Also, be careful with using * on a command-line. Unlike DOS or windows, the "*" is being replaced with proper values by the shell _before_ calling the actual program. Which means that if you're in /home/foo and you do this in a shell: rpm -qa * the command that will actually be executed is the following: rpm -qa Desktop Documents bin public_html because the * is resolved by the shell before calling rpm -qa. Make sure to escape the "*", either like this: rpm -qa \* or like this: rpm -qa "*" or even like this: rpm -qa '*' More information on that can be found in the bash manual (man bash, or if you're using KDE, type "man:/bash" as the URL in konqueror). But as said "rpm -qa \*" is useless, just do "rpm -qa" You could do this though: rpm -qa amarok\* In that case, rpm will only list the packages that have a name starting with "amarok" hope this helps cheers - -- -o) Pascal Bleser http://linux01.gwdg.de/~pbleser/ /\\ _\_v The more things change, the more they stay insane. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD4DBQFGxhvAr3NMWliFcXcRArK+AKCsBnbNlE/xyYTOEvaML6zbxOBjMACXXkah ibY7kC03AT5Nl6k9Uf+Vdg== =dsdf -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org

Bart Whiteley

22:25

Patrick Shanahan wrote:

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* Donn Washburn [08-17-07 17:06]:

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I was going to check the RPM database for various pieces of software versions. Say like Open Office by "rpm --qa *".

first, there is no option "--qa", its "-qa", and the asterisk is superfluous.

...
To which the rpm database comes up with Amarok-1.4.6 only.

this makes NO sense, "Amarok...", *unless* your database is totally corrupt.

Bash expanded '*' to the contents of Don's current working directory. Don had a file or directory called Amarok in this directory, and this is the only item in the directory that matched a package name in the RPM database. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org

Patrick Shanahan

18 Aug 18 Aug

00:44

* Bart Whiteley [08-17-07 18:27]:

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Bash expanded '*' to the contents of Don's current working directory. Don had a file or directory called Amarok in this directory, and this is the only item in the directory that matched a package name in the RPM database.

Yes, one of those elderly moments on my part..... -- Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA HOG # US1244711 http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://counter.li.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org

Donn Washburn

01:09

Patrick Shanahan wrote:

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* Bart Whiteley [08-17-07 18:27]:

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Bash expanded '*' to the contents of Don's current working directory. Don had a file or directory called Amarok in this directory, and this is the only item in the directory that matched a package name in the RPM database.

Yes, one of those elderly moments on my part.....

Bart is correct - I use Amarok all the time because it is one of the greatest music players out there. It also shows why I like the source file and not the distro RPMs that much. Thanks to all that sort out my goof. -- 73 de Donn Washburn 307 Savoy Street Email: " n5xwb@hal-pc.org " Sugar Land, TX 77478 LL# 1.281.242.3256 Ham Callsign N5XWB HAMs : " n5xwb@arrl.net " VoIP via Gizmo: bmw_87kbike / via Skype: n5xwbg BMW MOA #: 4146 - Ambassador " http://counter.li.org " #279316 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org

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