On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 6:14 PM, Mike Viau <vi...@sheridanc.on.ca> wrote: > Mon, 5 Apr 2010 17:47:36 -0400 <tomh0...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 5:28 PM, Mike Viau <vi...@sheridanc.on.ca> wrote: > > > I have used aptitude show $(package_name) to list the details of a given > > > package. > > > > > > In the output of the vlan package for example one gets output like: > > > > > > Priority: extra > > > Section: misc > > > > > > How might one determine all packages (installed or not) that fall under a > > > particular "Priority" or "Section" ?
> > aptitude search ~s<section> > > aptitude search ~p<priority> > Thanks for the tip. I noticed ~p works with all but the essential priority > for some reason. > > With your tip I was able to find this link: > http://algebraicthunk.net/~dburrows/projects/aptitude/doc/en/ch02s03s05.html#tableSearchTermQuickGuide > > I noticed how terms might be ANDed together but I would appreicated a working > example of this. > > ?and(term1, term2) term1 term2 Select any package that matches both term1 and > term2. > > Both "aptitude search ~pextra ~smisc" and "aptitude search ~pextra search > ~smisc" resulted in a list of package which did not necessarily meet both the > search patterns specified. You're welcome. That table is misleading because it does not point out that you have to escape spaces and parentheses, so aptitude search '~pextra ~smisc' aptitude search ~pextra\ ~smisc will work -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/j2x6d4219cc1004052213nca42d08jc5474eda01ee...@mail.gmail.com
