Philip Brown wrote:
> I think it used to be that "pkg search sstring" would search filenames
> only, and there was no way to search by description.
> I found a web archive that claims that functionality was "coming".
I think even the earliest versions of search were able to search on more
than just filenames, but it's all pretty long ago, so my memory of the
exact history is a bit fuzzy.
> However, now, in the latest solaris 11, (VM image of 11/11) it seems that
> the default is to search filename and description. Sadly, this
> "enhancement" is the exact opposite of what I want. But reading the
> voluminous manpage, does not seem to say how, or even if, it is possible
> to search only by filename any more?
pkg search path:/usr/bin/ls
or
pkg search basename:ls
The syntax is discussed in pkg(1), with the search subcommand, but we don't
list the available keys anywhere, to my knowledge.
Danek
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