Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 17:32:04 +0100 From: "Karsten W. Rohrbach" <rohrbach@nacamar.net> To: Karl Pielorz <kpielorz@tdx.co.uk>, ryanm@accn.org Cc: "freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Secure Shell Q Message-ID: <19990223173203.E2095@nacamar.net> In-Reply-To: <36D1AB69.11030061@tdx.co.uk>; from Karl Pielorz on Mon, Feb 22, 1999 at 07:09:29PM %2B0000 References: <36D171AE.A9023E77@accn.org> <36D1AB69.11030061@tdx.co.uk>
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you can also use single quotes, should work transparently for remote commands. what happens is, that your local shell tries to expand the wildcards when using dubblquotes /k Karl Pielorz (kpielorz@tdx.co.uk) @ Mon, Feb 22, 1999 at 07:09:29PM +0000: > > > ryanm wrote: > > > > Hello fellow FreeBSD users, > > > > Does anyone know why secure shell 1.2.26 will not expand wildcard > > characters?? I am trying to do the following: > > > > /usr/local/bin/ssh -C -l radius -i IDENT.FILE HOSTNAME "zcat > > /home/info/logfile.*.gz \ > > | grep user | tail -1" > > > > It keeps saying logfile.*.gz not found. Any suggestions?? > > Put a '\' infront of the '*' - otherwise your local shell will try to expand > it, i.e. use "\*" rather than just "*". > > -Kp > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message -- "The path of excess leads to the tower of wisdom." -- W. Blake http://www.nacamar.de - http://www.nacamar.net - http://www.webmonster.de http://www.apache.de - http://www.quakeforum.de - finger rohrbach@nacamar.net PGP Key fingerprint = F9 A0 DF 91 74 07 6A 1C 5F 0B E0 6B 4D CD 8C 44 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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