On Tue, 2007-10-23 at 09:42 -0500, Aaron Konstam wrote: > On Tue, 2007-10-23 at 07:52 +0200, Joachim Backes wrote: > > Tony Crouch wrote: > > > Hi All, > > > I was wondering if anyone knows whether its possible to update yum from > > > a file containing a list of packages (one per line). > > > > > > I have tried: > > > > > > yum -y install < file-name > > > > Better: yum -y install $(cat filename) > > > > makes from the lines of filename the options list (package list) for yum. > > > > Regards > > > > Joachim Backes > > > Will yum handle the lf chars in the file filename? I don't think so. I was wrong: yum -y install $(cat filename works as does yum -y install `cat filename` -- ======================================================================= As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality. -- Albert Einstein ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
