Wildcard fact listings hack

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[dwilson@xeny ~]$ diff -u /usr/bin/facter facter-wildcard 
--- /usr/bin/facter	2010-08-28 17:38:56.000000000 +0100
+++ facter-wildcard	2010-12-29 13:19:42.278609734 +0000
@@ -139,12 +139,15 @@
 unless names.empty?
     facts = {}
     names.each { |name|
-        begin
-            facts[name] = Facter.value(name)
-        rescue => error
-            STDERR.puts "Could not retrieve %s: #{error}" % name
-            exit 10
-        end
+        matched = Facter.to_hash.keys.grep(/#{name}/)
+        matched.each { |match|
+            begin
+                facts[match] = Facter.value(match)
+            rescue => error
+                STDERR.puts "Could not retrieve %s: #{error}" % match
+                exit 10
+            end
+        }
     }
 end