On Tue, 2004-09-07 at 05:18, Craig Jackson wrote: > Hi, > If I would like to know the name of a package, for example dhcp, > installed on the system, I would run > > dpkg -l | grep dhcp > > Most of the time I get the right name and I'm happy. But there are times > when the name of the package is so long that I cannot tell what the name > is. > > In that situation if grep through the file /var/lib/dpkg/available and I > find the full name. > > This is just a helpful hint for newbies that may have this problem.
This is easier: COLUMNS=200 dpkg -l dhcp\* -- Oliver Elphick [EMAIL PROTECTED] Isle of Wight http://www.lfix.co.uk/oliver GPG: 1024D/A54310EA 92C8 39E7 280E 3631 3F0E 1EC0 5664 7A2F A543 10EA ======================================== "For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved." Romans 10:13 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
