On Sat, Oct 28, 2006 at 04:16:04PM -0400, Douglas Tutty wrote: > On Sat, Oct 28, 2006 at 09:13:54PM +0800, linux china wrote: > > I don't mean adjusting the columns. you can see the package name is > > cut, the words after libhtml-tree-p is missing, so I just want to > > output the name & description which are needed, other information like > > version isn't needed, so how to just output the package name & > > description? > > > > $ dpkg -l 'libhtml*' > > ||/ Name Version Description > > +++-==============-==============-============================================ > > un libhtml-format <none> (no description available) > > ii libhtml-parser 3.55-1 A collection of modules that parse HTML > > text > > Checking man dpkg, under -l it says to see dpkg-query for further info. > Checking man dpkg-query under -l is the same. > under -W, is the same as -l except the output can be customized > using the --showformat option. > > Try that. >
On my system (sarge) the following does what I think you want: COLUMNS=130 dpkg -l|cut -c4-28,55-|tail +6 YMMV Cheers, David -- David Jardine "Running Debian GNU/Linux and loving every minute of it." -L. von Sacher-M.(1835-1895) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
