Florian Kulzer <florian.kulzer+deb...@icfo.es> writes: > On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 11:51:12 -0700, Carl Johnson wrote: >> Florian Kulzer writes: > > [...] > >> > If you want to search for utilities with generic names then it helps to >> > use apt-file like this: >> > >> > apt-file search "bin/ip" | grep '/ip$' >> >> I use dialup so I've never been willing to download the huge database >> for apt-file. > > http://packages.debian.org/file:bin/ip > > (This weighs in at about 8 kB if you do not load images.)
Thanks, I hadn't know about that. I just noticed that the surfraw package includes a debcontents program which does just about the same thing, so that's even easier for me. -- Carl Johnson ca...@peak.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org