(solved on my own) Re: how to use dpkg to list some packages

[Serena Cantor <qipaishi2006@yahoo.com>]

aptitude search \!~i~sdoc only lists 4 packages.

surely main of sarge has far more than that.

I've got many replies, none solved my question. Thanks anyway.

I'm java programmer, I'd rather write a program to parse a file in
/var/lib/apt/lists
to list desired packages.


--- Maik Beckmann <maikbeckmann@gmx.de> wrote:

> Am Dienstag, 8. Mai 2007 13:24:37 schrieb Jörg-Volker Peetz:
> > Serena Cantor wrote:
> > > I use sarge, your command does not work.
> >
> > Sorry, that's my typo. It must be
> >   aptitude search !~i~sdoc
> > --
> 
> this results in:  
>     $ aptitude search !~i~sdoc
>     bash: !~i~sdoc: event not found
> but 
>     $ aptitude search \!~i~sdoc
> works.
> 
> MfG Maik
> 
> 


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