On Jo, 13 sep 12, 06:05:51, Tom H wrote: > > [root:~]# aptitude search '?virtual' | grep awk > v awk - > v awk:i386 - > [root:~]# aptitude search '?installed' | grep awk > i A gawk - GNU awk, a pattern scanning and processing > i mawk - a pattern scanning and text processing lan > [root:~]# Why grep (and root)? $ aptitude search '?installed(awk)' i A gawk - GNU awk, a pattern scanning and processing i A mawk - a pattern scanning and text processing lan For the OP: have a look at aptitude's search patterns, you might be able to find something useful there ;) Kind regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic
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