Re: How to list long package names?

[Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@datasync.com>]

Hi,

	Well, I do not really know of a solution, really, but seeing
 that I perpetrated this problem, (and I don't want to work on my tax
 return),  I worked this out on the command line (who needs editors?)
 Pardon me for being cryptic, but long variable names make to much of
 the command line scroll off.

	This does work. But the real answer is that we have to wait
 for a re-written dpkg for a solution. I am sorry for any
 inconvenience caused.

	manoj

__> perl -e '$/="\n\n"; for (grep (/install ok install/, grep (/Package: kernel-source/, <>))) {/Package:\s+(\S+)/ && print "$1\n";}' /var/lib/dpkg/status
kernel-source-2.1.32 
kernel-source-2.0.29 
__> 
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