On Tue, 2007-10-23 at 10:17 -0500, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > 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 think it is more a matter of how the shell handles them, isn't it? > The $(cat filename) will be expanded by the shell. I believe the > shell will pass them to the program just like they were space > separated on the command line. > > Mikkel Evidently but it seems strange to me. cat filename certainly includes lf chars. -- ======================================================================= Your mode of life will be changed to EBCDIC. ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
