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

On Thu, Aug 05, 2010 at 10:51:45PM -0500, 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

Hi, I'm new to Arch and to the list but wanted to say thanks for posting this up. I've found pacman a great tool for getting what I need installed, but browsing and looking around it was tricky - this script is really useful for that. Thanks, Nigel