Re: searching packages? pkg_grep?

2007-08-10 Thread Edd Barrett
On 09/08/07, Bernd Ahlers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Read the pkg_info(1) manpage and look for the -Q option. I've been looking for this functionality for ages! Thanks! -- Best Regards Edd --- http://students.dec.bournemouth.ac.uk/ebarrett

Re: searching packages? pkg_grep?

2007-08-10 Thread John Wright
On Thu, Aug 09, 2007 at 11:24:45AM -0700, John N. Brahy wrote: > > I use alias pkg_search="echo ls | ftp -a \$PKG_PATH | sed 's/.*\ //g' > | grep -i". > > That's exactly what I was looking for. Note that you should be able to find an index.txt file in the packages directory which I've found to be

Re: searching packages? pkg_grep?

2007-08-09 Thread Adriaan
On 8/9/07, John N. Brahy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If I don't have ports installed, is there a way to do a search of all > the available package names to find one I'm looking for? > > > > Something like a pkg_grep... > > I use this .".netrc" (see man ftp) file to retrieve a listing of snapshot

Re: searching packages? pkg_grep?

2007-08-09 Thread John N. Brahy
> I use alias pkg_search="echo ls | ftp -a \$PKG_PATH | sed 's/.*\ //g' | grep -i". That's exactly what I was looking for. Thank you!

Re: searching packages? pkg_grep?

2007-08-09 Thread James Turner
On Thu, Aug 09, 2007 at 09:49:27AM -0700, John N. Brahy wrote: > If I don't have ports installed, is there a way to do a search of all > the available package names to find one I'm looking for? > > > > Something like a pkg_grep... I use alias pkg_search="echo ls | ftp -a \$PKG_PATH | sed 's/.*\

Re: searching packages? pkg_grep?

2007-08-09 Thread Bernd Ahlers
John N. Brahy [Thu, Aug 09, 2007 at 09:49:27AM -0700] wrote: >If I don't have ports installed, is there a way to do a search of all >the available package names to find one I'm looking for? > > > >Something like a pkg_grep... > Read the pkg_info(1) manpage and look for the -Q option. Bernd

Re: searching packages? pkg_grep?

2007-08-09 Thread Antti Harri
On Thu, 9 Aug 2007, John N. Brahy wrote: If I don't have ports installed, is there a way to do a search of all the available package names to find one I'm looking for? Something like a pkg_grep... Hi, is pkg_mklocatedb(1) what you're looking for? -- Antti Harri

searching packages? pkg_grep?

2007-08-09 Thread John N. Brahy
If I don't have ports installed, is there a way to do a search of all the available package names to find one I'm looking for? Something like a pkg_grep...