yum update / install from file

[Mikkel L. Ellertson]

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
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