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Re: uudecode?

  Dale> If you do a:
  Dale> 
  Dale> grep uudecode /var/lib/dpkg/info/*.list

1. That is equivalent to the simpler command 
	dpkg --search uudecode
  
2. Both work if and only if the user has the matching package installed. 
   Grepping the Contents.gz file searches among all packages available, 
   whether or not they are installed.

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Dirk Eddelb"uttel                              http://qed.econ.queensu.ca/~edd
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