On Thu, Nov 01, 2007 at 11:02:51AM -0700, ann kok wrote: > Hi all > > sorry. I still don't get it > > I install apt-file as suggestion. > > but I run this command, I get nothing ! > > apt-file search `which ip` | grep "ip$" this command doesn't work, because the this command is structured based on the assumption that the ip command is already installed. But in your case, that command isn't installed, so it fails. > > > in addition, what do I know what package I should > install when I would like to use this command eg: "ip > addr" the package you want to install is iproute. In the future, you can research this yourself with they apt-file command by doing something like: apt-file search <string to search for> A > > Thank you again > > > --- David Paleino <d.paleino@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Il giorno Thu, 01 Nov 2007 16:52:50 +0100 > > Mathias Brodala <info@noctus.net> ha scritto: > > > > > Hi. > > > > > > ann kok, 01.11.2007 16:39: > > > > what is package including command ip addr? > > > > > > The command "ip" is in the "iproute" package. > > > > > > > how can I know the package info? > > > > > > # apt-get install apt-file > > > # apt-file update > > > $ apt-file search `which ip` > > > > I'd suggest piping the result through grep. In fact, > > you get every file name > > containing "/bin/ip". > > > > This means: > > > > $ apt-file search `which ip` | grep "ip$" > > > > which will get all the paths _ending_ with "ip". > > > > A better, and more *general* approach would involve > > some sed magic: > > > > $ prog=`which <program>` > > $ apt-file search $prog | grep "$(echo $prog | sed > > 's/^\///g')$" > > > > HTH, > > David > > > > -- > > . ''`. Debian maintainer | > > http://snipurl.com/qa_page/ > > : :' : Linuxer #334216 | > > http://www.hanskalabs.net/ > > `. `'` GPG: 1392B174 | > > http://www.debianizzati.org/ > > `- 2BAB C625 4E66 E7B8 450A C3E1 E6AA 9017 1392 > > B174 > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org > > --
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