Alessandro Vesely via Dng wrote:
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>>   apt remove *xfce4*
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> I didn't put quotes around *xfce*.  So, how does apt manage to
> circumvent bash globbing?  Does it work with other shells too?
I think a similar issue came up on this mailing list before.
(bash) `apt remove *xfce4*` will remove packages containing 'xfce4' in
the package name - UNLESS you have a file (or directory) containing that
string (xfce4) in the current working directory.  To see bash handle the
glob, try `touch zzzxfce4zzz; apt remove *xfce4*`