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

David C. Rankin drankinatty at suddenlinkmail.com
Wed Aug 11 00:17:17 EDT 2010


On 08/10/2010 09:31 PM, David C. Rankin wrote:
> On 08/10/2010 05:29 PM, David C. Rankin wrote:
>> 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>
>>>>
>

Version 0.0.6

   - bugfix - added the command line select of only installed/uninstalled to 
zenity --list output :p

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