On Thu, Nov 01, 2007 at 18:15:48 +0100, David Paleino wrote: > Il giorno Thu, 01 Nov 2007 16:52:50 +0100 > Mathias Brodala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ha scritto: > > > Hi. > > > > ann kok, 01.11.2007 16:39: > > > what is package including command ip addr? > > > > The command "ip" is in the "iproute" package. > > > > > how can I know the package info? > > > > # apt-get install apt-file > > # apt-file update > > $ apt-file search `which ip` > > I'd suggest piping the result through grep. In fact, you get every file name > containing "/bin/ip". > > This means: > > $ apt-file search `which ip` | grep "ip$" > > which will get all the paths _ending_ with "ip". > > A better, and more *general* approach would involve some sed magic: > > $ prog=`which <program>` > $ apt-file search $prog | grep "$(echo $prog | sed 's/^\///g')$"
If <program> is not installed then `which <program>` will not return anything useful. If <program> is already installed then there is no need to use apt-file; "dpkg -S <program>" and "dlocate <program>" are faster. -- Regards, | http://users.icfo.es/Florian.Kulzer Florian | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]