Re: dpkg -S [was Re: Terminfo and emacs]

[Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com>]

Hans Ekbrand <hans@sociologi.cjb.net> writes:

>> Its pretty clear that I'm using it wrong but I did try to follow the
>> example listed there.  What is expected at `pattern'
>
> {foo|bar} means foo OR bar
>
> ~>dpkg -S emacs21
>
> will work, as will
>
> ~>dpkg --search emacs21
>
> or 
>
> ~>dpkg -S /usr/bin/emacs21
> emacs21: /usr/bin/emacs21
>
> which means that /usr/bin/emacs21 belongs to package emacs21

Egad, maybe I should just take a header off the nearest pier...

I've been looking at too many awk scripts where the curley braces
contain the `program'.