Re: Getting wide ``dpkg -l'' output in scripts and pipes.
--- Adam Funk <a24061@yahoo.com> wrote:
> (Sorry about the long lines but they illustrate the output I'm
> talking about.)
>
> ``dpkg -l'' on its own in a terminal produces wide output, e.g.:
COLUMNS=200 dpkg -l | pipe | pipe | pipe | more | more | yay
Change the value of 200, if it is too small.
-- Thomas Adam
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