On Thu 05 Aug 2010 22:51 -0500, David C. Rankin wrote: > Guys, You got a script for the gals too? :D > I developed a script to help me read the output of pacman -Ss in 2 > nicely formatted columns. The output of 'pacman -Ss srchterm' drives > me nuts trying to read down the package names and descriptions with > all the tab indented and wrapped text -- so I fixed it. Download the > script here: > > http://www.3111skyline.com/dl/Archlinux/scripts/srch2list.sh > > or with the '-d' option for semi-doublespace: This should definitely be the default. Otherwise I may go walleyed. > The script needs 1 input. That is a filename 'srchfile' that > contains the output from 'pacman -Ss srchterm > srchfile' There are > 2 options, '-h or --help' gives a brief description and '-d' which > causes the output to be essentially double-spaced. (each package > description remains single spaced if it requires multiple lines, but > a blank line is included between package descriptions) On the todo > list is having the script take the input from stdin and eliminate > the srchfile. Cheers.
