I don't mean adjusting the columns. you can see the package name is cut, the words after libhtml-tree-p is missing, so I just want to output the name & description which are needed, other information like version isn't needed, so how to just output the package name & description? $ dpkg -l 'libhtml*' ||/ Name Version Description +++-==============-==============-============================================ un libhtml-format <none> (no description available) ii libhtml-parser 3.55-1 A collection of modules that parse HTML text ii libhtml-protot 1.47-1 Generate HTML and Javascript for the Prototy ii libhtml-scrubb 0.08-3 Perl extension for scrubbing/sanitizing html ii libhtml-tagset 3.10-2 Data tables pertaining to HTML ii libhtml-tree-p 3.19.01-2 represent and create HTML syntax trees ii libhtml-widget 1.08-1 HTML Widget And Validation Framework On 10/28/06, Douglas Tutty <dtutty@porchlight.ca> wrote:
On Sat, Oct 28, 2006 at 06:04:32PM +0800, linux china wrote: > hi, > > using the dpkg -l to get a list some installed package lists like this, > dpkg -l some-pattern > if the package name is too lang, its name is cut because of the limit > of the columns 80. if I wanna output name and description, what's the > command line? > I don't know what the proper thing to do is, but I always redirect the output to a file then view it. dpkg -l some-patter > op.txt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org