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John Reynolds~ wrote:
> 
> [ On Wednesday, June 27, Mark Stosberg wrote: ]
> >
> > Hello!
> >
> > pkg_info grizzle*
> >
> > which is more intuitive (and shorter) than using
> >
> > pkg_info -a | grep grizzle
> 
> probably a good thing, but a minor nit:
> 
>   pkg_info 'grizzle*'  -or- pkg_info grizzle\*
> 
> pkg_info will glob the '*' only if it sees it in its argv[] so you have to
> escape it from the shell.

It seems to work as I decribed on FreeBSD 4.3: (using bash shell)

#####
mark@nollie to_home> uname -a
FreeBSD nollie.summersault.com 4.3-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.3-RELEASE #0: Wed
May  9 16:03:58 EST
2001root@esperanza.summersault.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/NOLLIE.050901  i386

mark@nollie to_home> pkg_info postgres*
Information for postgresql-7.0.3:

Comment:
A robust, next generation, object-relational DBMS

Description:
....
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  -mark

http://mark.stosberg.com/

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