Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@datasync.com> writes: > Rob> perl -n000e 'print if /^Provides:.* elf-x11r6/' /var/lib/dpkg/status [...] > Umm, That won't work. Try it: My apologies. I should have tested that. As expected (had I thought about it) "^" works with respect to the current -n setting... Oops -- Rob -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to debian-devel-REQUEST@lists.debian.org . Trouble? e-mail to Bruce@Pixar.com