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Re: dpkg -l needs wider package name output



On Sun, Apr 13, 2003 at 06:11:21PM -0400, Benjamin Rutt wrote:
> It seems that there is an arbitrary limit on 'dpkg -l':  it only seems
> to output the first 14 characters of any package name.

Set COLUMNS to something large, or use dpkg-query with the --showformat
option (check its man page).

-- 
Colin Watson                                  [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]



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