Re: pipes, dpkg and default screen width (sort of)

2003-07-18 Thread Alexander Schmehl
* charlie derr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030718 16:15]: > Is there an envrironment variable I could set to prevent this? Yes, you can use the COLUMNS variable for this. Yours sincerely Alexander -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EM

Re: pipes, dpkg and default screen width (sort of)

2003-07-18 Thread Jonathan Matthews
On Fri, Jul 18, 2003 at 10:15:03AM -0400, charlie derr wrote: > Hi, > Often I find myself executing the following: > > $ dpkg -l '*foo*' > > to find all packages with foo in the name. > When instead I look for only installed foo packages as follows: > > $ dpkg -l '*foo*' | grep ii > > the

pipes, dpkg and default screen width (sort of)

2003-07-18 Thread charlie derr
Hi, Often I find myself executing the following: $ dpkg -l '*foo*' to find all packages with foo in the name. When instead I look for only installed foo packages as follows: $ dpkg -l '*foo*' | grep ii the output is truncated, and if there's a foo package with a particularly long package