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["Justin Conover" <justin conover gmail com>]

[root localhost ~]# yum install xchat\*
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Setting up Install Process
Setting up repositories
Reading repository metadata in from local files
Parsing package install arguments
No Match for argument: xchat*
Nothing to do
[root localhost ~]# rpm -qa xchat\*
[root localhost ~]#