On Sunday 05 June 2016 03:18:38 David Wright wrote: > On Sat 04 Jun 2016 at 21:11:23 (-0400), Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Saturday 04 June 2016 17:49:02 Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote: > > > aptitude search '~g' > > > > And that returns an equally lengthy list, all prefaced with an 'id'. No > > clue what that means as I don't believe I have the reference manual. > > Not needed. Use the command: > > $ aptitude > > then type "?" without the quotes and scroll down. > > Cheers, > David.
Thanks, David. Another of those things that I ought to have known and didn't. Most helpful and useful. I have never got to grips with the aptitude ncurses interface. Lisi
