On Fri, Jun 29, 2007 at 01:02:42PM +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: > Hi, > > I use "apt-cache search" when I'm looking for a package which may suit > my needs. I was amused to get: > > $ apt-cache search power | wc -l > 791 > > $ apt-cache search "power " | wc -l > 159 > > $ apt-cache search " power " | wc -l > 151 It can definitely be a little overwhelming. The thing to remember is that apt-cache search can use regex's so brush up on those to get better information from it. or do what I do 'cus I'm too lazy to properly learn regexs (though I'm getting there, Florian puts us all to shame) and grep the heck out of the output. A
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