Re: script to reformat 'pacman -Ss' output into 2 readable columns (prevents blindness)

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On 08/10/2010 03:46 PM, David C. Rankin wrote:
On 08/05/2010 10:51 PM, David C. Rankin wrote:
Guys,

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

<snip>

Enjoy.


I have played with the script a bit more so it provides the option to only show
installed or uninstalled packages to minimize the stuff to look through. The
current options to the script are:

Options:

NOTE: options can be given in any order, flags must be separate: '-d -z' NOT '-dz'

-c | --color disable the use of an accent color for pkgnames.
-d | --double option controls single/double spaced output.
-h | --help display this help message.
-i | --installed show only installed packages.
-u | --uninstalled show only uninstalled packages.
-w | --write filename write search results to 'filename'.
-z | --zenity provide graphical output using 'zenity --list' (requires zenity)

Two additional testing options (no effect on script):

-v | --verbose dump select variables to the screen.
-a | --array dump the array contents to the screen (requires -v option)




Version 0.0.4

  Changelog:

  - No functional changes - code clean up moving output routine to a function
    for readability.

  Todo:

  - Capture zenity package selection so selected packages can be automatically
    installed. (basically provide: pacman -Sy 'selected packages')


--
David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.
Rankin Law Firm, PLLC
510 Ochiltree Street
Nacogdoches, Texas 75961
Telephone: (936) 715-9333
Facsimile: (936) 715-9339
www.rankinlawfirm.com


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