Re: [newbie] [Newbie] Windowmaker is borked on 9.0????
At 09:08 PM 2/11/2003 -0500, you wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 11 February 2003 07:51 pm, FemmeFatale wrote: > That will do. Thx Damian. Not that I'll remember the command cause I > don't understand grep yet... :) > So I'll just save your mail as a txt file. Hey FF, try this. Add the following line to your ~/.bashrc file - -- Greg Wow... awesome Greg! Thx a bunch :) - FemmeFatale Good Decisions You boss Made: "We'll do as you suggest and go with Linux. I've always liked that character from Peanuts." - Source: Dilbert Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] [Newbie] Windowmaker is borked on 9.0????
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 12 February 2003 09:18 am, Tom Brinkman wrote: > The last part '$1' isn't needed, eg, > > tom$ alias frpm > alias frpm='rpm -qa | grep -i' Thanks for the correction. I learn something new every day. - -- Greg -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+SloPwDpHP6GALAARAstjAJ0aaW4UvoFN2mRCO7yK4WdHKySJEACgjLme TBTdxpeETyC6sLnbn6YUlW4= =WHS6 -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] [Newbie] Windowmaker is borked on 9.0????
On Tuesday February 11 2003 09:01 pm, Greg Meyer wrote: > On Tuesday 11 February 2003 06:23 pm, Damian Gatabria wrote: > > > Hey FF, try this. Add the following line to your ~/.bashrc > > > file > > > > > > alias rpmq="rpm -qa | grep -i $1" > > > > Nice idea... why don't i have that on my box!? > > I bet you do now ;-) The last part '$1' isn't needed, eg, tom$ alias frpm alias frpm='rpm -qa | grep -i' tom$ frpm rpm grpmi-9.1-5mdk rpmdrake-2.1-5mdk perl-URPM-0.81-7mdk gurpmi-4.2-16mdk rpm-helper-0.9-1mdk rpm-build-4.0.4-28mdk rpm-4.0.4-28mdk urpmi-4.2-16mdk rpmtools-4.5-7mdk Actually I believe the use of 'urpmq' (man urpmq) is better than my alias, but it's hard to teach an old dog (like me) new tricks ;) -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] [Newbie] Windowmaker is borked on 9.0????
On Tuesday February 11 2003 07:01 pm, et wrote: > > >[root@localhost user]# rpm -qa | grep -i Windowmaker > > >WindowMaker-0.80.1-2.1mdk > > That will do. Thx Damian. Not that I'll remember the command > > cause I don't understand grep yet... :) > > So I'll just save your mail as a txt file. > > - > > FemmeFatale > grep is just a way to use regular words to sort and see only > certian info. in the above command, rpm -qa (asks the rpm program > to Query All so -qa) then "|" is a "pipe to" or route thru, then, > grep -i Windowmaker says only answers that (-i) include > "WIndowmaker" so grep strips out all the answers that don't include > "Windowmaker" -i, --ignore-case Ignore case distinctions in both the PATTERN and the input files. IOW's, rpm -qa | grep -i windowmaker will also return WindowMaker-0.80.1-2.1mdk -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] [Newbie] Windowmaker is borked on 9.0????
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 11 February 2003 06:23 pm, Damian Gatabria wrote: > > Hey FF, try this. Add the following line to your ~/.bashrc file > > > > alias rpmq="rpm -qa | grep -i $1" > > Nice idea... why don't i have that on my box!? > I bet you do now ;-) - -- Greg -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+SbkdwDpHP6GALAARAsRuAJ9dbrbKXG8fXTfdGYQoS/n07JFn0ACgptjo mRMSoPnyHJGe6r46dT8g5k8= =jcEf -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] [Newbie] Windowmaker is borked on 9.0????
> > Hey FF, try this. Add the following line to your ~/.bashrc file > > alias rpmq="rpm -qa | grep -i $1" > Nice idea... why don't i have that on my box!? Damian -- -- I don't want Windows to be only for the 31173. Yes, we've come a long way from all those security holes, virii, and cryptic commands like "Edit textfile.txt" (what in the hell is that supposed to mean?) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] [Newbie] Windowmaker is borked on 9.0????
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 11 February 2003 07:51 pm, FemmeFatale wrote: > That will do. Thx Damian. Not that I'll remember the command cause I > don't understand grep yet... :) > So I'll just save your mail as a txt file. Hey FF, try this. Add the following line to your ~/.bashrc file alias rpmq="rpm -qa | grep -i $1" rpm = call the rpm program - -qa = list all files installed to standard output (screen) |= redirect output to grep = search input for text string - -i = ignore case $1 = variable indicating string to search for What the line I am telling you to add does is alias rpmq (or any other string you can remember for that matter) to the command rpm -qa | grep. So now when you type [greg@aurora ~]$ rpmq fluxbox You'll get (on my box anyway) fluxbox-0.1.12-2mdk Which is the same result as typing rpm -qa | grep -i fluxbox. The purpose of doing this is so you don't have to remember "rpm -qa | grep -i", just rpmq. You can do this with lot's of commands. Here is another example. I like my directory listings done to have the file size in human readable format as well as all file attributes displayed and the list displayed in color when I use the ls command. Since ls does not do this by default, I added this line to my .bashrc file: alias ls="ls -lsh --color" now when I type ls I get [greg@aurora ~]$ ls total 6.4M 20K -rw-r--r--1 greg greg17K Feb 7 23:52 blackbox-menu 4.0K drwxrwxr-x4 greg greg 4.0K Feb 11 09:00 Desktop/ 1.1M -rw-r--r--1 greg greg 1.1M Jan 26 21:31 diskoutput 4.0K -rw-rw-r--1 greg greg 1.3K Feb 2 10:11 Fix_Bug.patch 4.0K drwxr-xr-x3 greg greg 4.0K Jan 29 09:26 GNUstep/ 80K -rw-rw-r--1 greg greg73K Jan 26 22:32 ioerrors 4.0K drwxr-xr-x3 greg greg 4.0K Feb 7 07:40 iso/ 156K -rwxrwxrwx1 greg greg 151K Feb 2 10:04 kdebase.spec 156K -rwxrwxrwx1 greg greg 151K Feb 2 10:04 kdebase.spec* 156K -rwxrwxrwx1 greg greg 151K Feb 2 09:59 kdebase.spec~* 4.0K -rw-rw-r--1 greg greg972 Jan 31 07:44 kdeerror 4.0K drwx-- 18 greg greg 4.0K Feb 11 19:25 Mail/ 4.0K drwxr-xr-x2 greg greg 4.0K Jan 31 16:10 mnt/ 4.0K -rw-r--r--1 greg greg 2.6K Jan 27 11:44 partition.log 0 -rw-rw-r--1 greg greg 0 Jan 27 11:43 part.log 4.0K -rw-r--r--1 greg greg 1.6K Feb 11 12:05 qt3_build-erros 4.0K -rw-r--r--1 greg greg 1.6K Feb 11 11:33 qt3_build-erros~ 60K -rw-r--r--1 greg greg54K Jan 30 22:44 results.txt 4.0K drwxrwxr-x8 greg greg 4.0K Feb 11 08:40 RPM/ 4.0K drwxrwxr-x2 greg greg 4.0K Feb 8 12:42 scripts/ 0 lrwxrwxrwx1 greg greg 10 Feb 5 21:44 shared -> /mnt/smb/ 2.5M -rw---1 greg greg 2.5M Jan 19 23:42 shlop2.mpg 4.0K drwxrwxr-x3 greg greg 4.0K Jan 29 12:49 staroffice6.0/ 4.0K drwx--6 greg greg 4.0K Feb 7 23:52 tmp/ 4.0K drwxr-xr-x 18 greg greg 4.0K Feb 9 20:09 win/ One more note. If you want these to take effect for all users, put them in the /etc/bashrc file. If you want them to be set for certain users, put them in the ~/.bashrc files of each user. - -- Greg -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+Say4wDpHP6GALAARAgzCAJ9e5GNebmN0sPp3a+KvV0pMx93oxwCdE2in UnCxxDt0han3xSBxLBTJz+E= =qRqu -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] [Newbie] Windowmaker is borked on 9.0????
At 10:20 PM 2/11/2003 +, you wrote: > > That will do. Thx Damian. Not that I'll remember the command cause I > don't understand grep yet... :) > So I'll just save your mail as a txt file. > - > FemmeFatale But for this kind of usage, grep is as simple as can be! the -i switch is simpy for case-INsensitivity. (so that a grep for windowmaker will return results that include "Windowmaker, WINDOWMAKER", you get the idea) In this particular example, it's not even needed, you can usually just "grep searchterm" and it will work :o) Damian -- Heh thx Damian. Your answer is just as good as Ed's. - FemmeFatale Good Decisions You boss Made: "We'll do as you suggest and go with Linux. I've always liked that character from Peanuts." - Source: Dilbert Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] [Newbie] Windowmaker is borked on 9.0????
At 08:01 PM 2/11/2003 -0500, you wrote: > FemmeFatale > > Good Decisions You boss Made: > "We'll do as you suggest and go with Linux. I've always liked that > character from Peanuts." > > - Source: Dilbert grep is just a way to use regular words to sort and see only certian info. in the above command, rpm -qa (asks the rpm program to Query All so -qa) then "|" is a "pipe to" or route thru, then, grep -i Windowmaker says only answers that (-i) include "WIndowmaker" so grep strips out all the answers that don't include "Windowmaker" Wow... Thx Ed! Thats the easiest answer & way to remember this stuff. :) Up till the books I'd read about using grep were very confusing. Thx - FemmeFatale Good Decisions You boss Made: "We'll do as you suggest and go with Linux. I've always liked that character from Peanuts." - Source: Dilbert Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] [Newbie] Windowmaker is borked on 9.0????
On Tue, 2003-02-11 at 20:01, et wrote: > On Tuesday 11 February 2003 07:51 pm, FemmeFatale wrote: > > At 09:14 PM 2/11/2003 +, you wrote: > > > > On a side note how can I tell which version of any window manager I'm > > > > using? Whats teh CLI cmd or Gui place to look? > > > > > > > > - > > > > FemmeFatale > > > > > >umm.. like this? > > > > > > > > >[root@localhost user]# rpm -qa | grep -i Windowmaker > > >WindowMaker-0.80.1-2.1mdk > > > > > > > > >HTH > > > > > >Damian > > >-- > > > > That will do. Thx Damian. Not that I'll remember the command cause I > > don't understand grep yet... :) > > So I'll just save your mail as a txt file. > > - > > FemmeFatale > > > > Good Decisions You boss Made: > > "We'll do as you suggest and go with Linux. I've always liked that > > character from Peanuts." > > > > - Source: Dilbert > grep is just a way to use regular words to sort and see only certian info. > in the above command, rpm -qa (asks the rpm program to Query All so -qa) then > "|" is a "pipe to" or route thru, then, grep -i Windowmaker says only answers > that (-i) include "WIndowmaker" so grep strips out all the answers that don't > include "Windowmaker" > Thanks, ET, explaining things is the way to go. A minor point ... the -i option for grep indicates that the search should ignore case. This is useful if you're not sure if the rpm is named WindowMaker, windowmaker, Windowmaker Cheers, Terry Smith > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] [Newbie] Windowmaker is borked on 9.0????
> > That will do. Thx Damian. Not that I'll remember the command cause I > don't understand grep yet... :) > So I'll just save your mail as a txt file. > - > FemmeFatale But for this kind of usage, grep is as simple as can be! the -i switch is simpy for case-INsensitivity. (so that a grep for windowmaker will return results that include "Windowmaker, WINDOWMAKER", you get the idea) In this particular example, it's not even needed, you can usually just "grep searchterm" and it will work :o) Damian -- -- I don't want Windows to be only for the 31173. Yes, we've come a long way from all those security holes, virii, and cryptic commands like "Edit textfile.txt" (what in the hell is that supposed to mean?) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] [Newbie] Windowmaker is borked on 9.0????
On Tuesday 11 February 2003 07:51 pm, FemmeFatale wrote: > At 09:14 PM 2/11/2003 +, you wrote: > > > On a side note how can I tell which version of any window manager I'm > > > using? Whats teh CLI cmd or Gui place to look? > > > > > > - > > > FemmeFatale > > > >umm.. like this? > > > > > >[root@localhost user]# rpm -qa | grep -i Windowmaker > >WindowMaker-0.80.1-2.1mdk > > > > > >HTH > > > >Damian > >-- > > That will do. Thx Damian. Not that I'll remember the command cause I > don't understand grep yet... :) > So I'll just save your mail as a txt file. > - > FemmeFatale > > Good Decisions You boss Made: > "We'll do as you suggest and go with Linux. I've always liked that > character from Peanuts." > > - Source: Dilbert grep is just a way to use regular words to sort and see only certian info. in the above command, rpm -qa (asks the rpm program to Query All so -qa) then "|" is a "pipe to" or route thru, then, grep -i Windowmaker says only answers that (-i) include "WIndowmaker" so grep strips out all the answers that don't include "Windowmaker" Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] [Newbie] Windowmaker is borked on 9.0????
At 09:14 PM 2/11/2003 +, you wrote: > > On a side note how can I tell which version of any window manager I'm > using? Whats teh CLI cmd or Gui place to look? > > - > FemmeFatale umm.. like this? [root@localhost user]# rpm -qa | grep -i Windowmaker WindowMaker-0.80.1-2.1mdk HTH Damian -- That will do. Thx Damian. Not that I'll remember the command cause I don't understand grep yet... :) So I'll just save your mail as a txt file. - FemmeFatale Good Decisions You boss Made: "We'll do as you suggest and go with Linux. I've always liked that character from Peanuts." - Source: Dilbert Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] [Newbie] Windowmaker is borked on 9.0????
> > On a side note how can I tell which version of any window manager I'm > using? Whats teh CLI cmd or Gui place to look? > > - > FemmeFatale umm.. like this? [root@localhost user]# rpm -qa | grep -i Windowmaker WindowMaker-0.80.1-2.1mdk HTH Damian -- -- I don't want Windows to be only for the 31173. Yes, we've come a long way from all those security holes, virii, and cryptic commands like "Edit textfile.txt" (what in the hell is that supposed to mean?) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] [Newbie] Windowmaker is borked on 9.0????
I tried to run WindowMaker on 9.0 the other day. It gave strange errors & wouldn't run properly. Whats up with that? I d/led a new(er) *I hope* WMaker from the contrib or one of MDK's mirror sites. I haven't installed it yet thinkig that if I can just make the one that comes with 9.0 works I won't bother loading it. If I can't fix windowmaker as it is now, I'll try using the newer one I have. On a side note how can I tell which version of any window manager I'm using? Whats teh CLI cmd or Gui place to look? - FemmeFatale Good Decisions You boss Made: "We'll do as you suggest and go with Linux. I've always liked that character from Peanuts." - Source: Dilbert Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
