X-Git-Url: https://feistymeow.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=scripts%2Fsystem%2Flist_packages.sh;h=0a52aa64d380b77dd9f2b4cf166924f97db32665;hb=1d182878032cd9bf00ae3a33970a11e80ecb711a;hp=b4b030c2305e0f2d6a422f3da148aad5f26342ae;hpb=7b39f7e279005c8466ef508220a532ce2aa4abf8;p=feisty_meow.git

diff --git a/scripts/system/list_packages.sh b/scripts/system/list_packages.sh
index b4b030c2..0a52aa64 100644
--- a/scripts/system/list_packages.sh
+++ b/scripts/system/list_packages.sh
@@ -2,21 +2,30 @@
 
 source "$FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/core/launch_feisty_meow.sh"
 
+if [ -z "$*" ]; then
+  # no parameters, so we do a wildcard style of listing packages.
+  SEEK_PIECE=' cat '
+else
+  # we know the parameters are not empty, so we don't go with our
+  # wildcard approach for listing the package names.
+  SEEK_PIECE=' grep $* '
+fi
+
 if debian_like; then
-  dpkg -la | grep $*
+  dpkg -la | eval $SEEK_PIECE
   exit $?
 fi
 
-rpm_available="$(which rpm)"
+rpm_available="$(whichable rpm)"
 if [ ! -z "$rpm_available" ]; then
 #is that the right phrase for rpm?  somewhat forgotten.
-  rpm -qa | grep $*
+  rpm -qa | eval $SEEK_PIECE
   exit $?
 fi
 
-yum_available="$(which yum)"
+yum_available="$(whichable yum)"
 if [ ! -z "$yum_available" ]; then
-  yum list | grep $*
+  yum list | eval $SEEK_PIECE
   exit $?
 fi