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Old 12-07-2020, 02:17 PM   #16
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Originally Posted by andrewysk View Post
How does these work ?
I try to look for /etc/*releas* file, but there is none exist
The asterisk is a wildcard character - as per https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/Filename-Expansion.html:
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Bash scans each word for the characters ‘*’, ‘?’, and ‘[’. If one of these characters appears, and is not quoted, then the word is regarded as a pattern, and replaced with an alphabetically sorted list of filenames matching the pattern (see Pattern Matching).
Also https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/Pattern-Matching.html

 
Old 12-07-2020, 03:23 PM   #17
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Yes. Distribution == "flavor" (if you will). There are a ton of Linux distributions, mostly alike but different enough that, much of the time, it's helpful to mention it when posting.

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I am using Endeavouros linux.
 
  


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