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
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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
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